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New insights into sex differences in Drosophila development and physiology

Posted by , on 27 May 2016

Bruno Hudry and Elizabeth J. Rideout Male and female fruit flies differ in many aspects of development and physiology. For example, males and females differ in abdominal pigmentation, sex comb ...

From our sister journals - May 2016

Posted by , on 26 May 2016

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.           Gastrointestinal stem cells in health and disease This Review from ...

Visualizing our 'gut instinct'

Posted by , on 19 May 2016

How on earth do we turn into a living, breathing, singing, speaking being, from just the fusion of two cells? Development is fascinating and mysterious. Stem cells are one component ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 10)

Posted by , on 17 May 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   How the zebrafish got its tail Posterior axis elongation is a crucial process during metazoan development. In principle, axial ...

Forgotten classics- Genetic mosaics in Drosophila

Posted by , on 11 May 2016

Bryant, P.J., Schneiderman, H. A. (1969). Cell lineage, growth, and determination in the imaginal leg discs of Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental Biology 20, 263–290   Recommended by Peter Lawrence (University of ...

The Inaugural Sainsbury Lab Symposium on Induced Plant Development 2016

Posted by , on 9 May 2016

By: Erin Sparks and Matthias Benoit Set in the idyllic location of the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) building adjacent to the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, the inaugural Sainsbury Lab ...

Back to basics: Unraveling the mystery of mammalian germ cell connectivity using lineage analysis

Posted by , on 9 May 2016

Lei Lei and Allan Spradling           Germ cells are unique among all metazoan cells in their ability to persist from one generation to the next. In ...

Insights into the pathogenic role of UVRAG in intestinal dysplasia

Posted by , on 4 May 2016

This post highlights the approach and findings of a new research article published in Disease Models & Mechanisms: ‘Stem cell-specific endocytic degradation defects lead to intestinal dysplasia in Drosophila’. This ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 9)

Posted by , on 3 May 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Making inroads into spermatogonial differentiation Differentiation of spermatogonial cells is a crucial part of spermatogenesis. Many of the key ...

From our sister journals- April 2016

Posted by , on 29 April 2016

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.           New neural crest EMT reporter Stewart and colleagues describe a novel neural ...

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