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Forgotten classics- T. H. Morgan and planarian regeneration

Posted by , on 16 February 2016

  Morgan, T.H. (1898) Experimental studies of the regeneration of Planaria maculata. Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen 7, 364-397 Recommended by Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado (Stowers Institute)   Some classic papers ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 4)

Posted by , on 16 February 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Fishing out a new role for endocannabinoids Endocannabinoids (ECs) are signalling molecules that regulate appetite, mood and pain, and ...

FISHing fish

Posted by , on 15 February 2016

By L. Carine Stapel and Nadine L.Vastenhouw   In developmental biology, the ability to analyze gene expression patterns is essential to address questions about gene regulation and cell fate. In ...

Scientists shed light on how cells with an incorrect number of chromosomes lead to tumour development

Posted by , on 9 February 2016

Aneuploid cells—that is to say those with an abnormal number of chromosomes—are found in most human tumours. A study conducted at IRB Barcelona on the fly Drosophila reveals how surviving ...

Pluripotency in the mouse and beyond…

Posted by , on 4 February 2016

Preimplantation development establishes the founding cell population of the adult mammal in the epiblast. This naïve pluripotent state employs a unique hand of transcription factors to ensure epigenetic resetting and ...

Using the mouse to model human disease: increasing validity and reproducibility

Posted by , on 3 February 2016

This editorial by Monica J. Justice and Paraminder Dhillon was first published in Disease Models & Mechanisms.   ABSTRACT Experiments that use the mouse as a model for disease have recently ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 3 )

Posted by , on 2 February 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   New insights into human neural crest induction Human neural crest (NC) cells are the precursors for a wide range ...

From our sister journals- January 2016

Posted by , on 26 January 2016

Here is some developmental biology-related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.     Characterisation of Slc9a6 knockout heterozygous female mice Mutations in SLC9A6 are responsible for X-linked Christianson ...

Natural Pluripotency vs. Artificial Pluripotency

Posted by , on 20 January 2016

Pluripotency is the developmental potential of cells to become various types of mature cells in the body. During development, a pluripotent embryo progressively differentiates to give rise to mature cell ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 2)

Posted by , on 20 January 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Fishing out a role for Caveolin 1 in heart regeneration Unlike the adult mammalian heart, the adult zebrafish heart ...

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