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Posted by Seema Grewal, on 14 May 2013
Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development: Sniffing out sensory maps The development of sensory maps – neural representations of the sense organs – involves the ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 30 April 2013
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: In-cyst-ing on germ cell development During gametogenesis in many organisms, germ cells undergo synchronous, incomplete divisions just before meiosis ...Posted by Rachael Inglis, on 19 April 2013
Last week, I was distracted somewhat by a palaeontology article in Nature: Reisz and colleagues reported their discovery of some fossilised dinosaur embryos. Not exactly relevant to my research, but ...Posted by Katherine Brown, on 18 April 2013
A couple of days ago, the University of Chicago Development, regeneration and stem cell journal club posted their first piece on the Node – a write-up of the discussion they’d ...Posted by UChicagoDRSB_JC, on 16 April 2013
When sculpting evolutionary histories—when telling the stories of change over time—the developmental biologist is often drawn to similarity. She wants to figure out what that last common ancestor was like; ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 11 April 2013
Monday is tax day for most of us on the American side of the pond. That ought to cause massive hair loss for many folks, but we have amazing hair ...Posted by Patricia Gongal, on 11 April 2013
Retinoic acid is one of the most important signaling molecules during development, and that the embryo gets the right levels of this small molecule is critical. Too much or too ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 9 April 2013
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Dynamics of human thymus development The thymus is the primary organ responsible for generating T cells. Although thymus development ...Posted by Kim Cooper, on 27 March 2013
Sproing! Sproing! Sproing! If there is one animal that deserves its own cartoon sound, it is the jerboa – a bipedal desert rodent with extraordinarily elongated hindlegs, fused foot bones, ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 26 March 2013
Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development: Molecular map of posterior hypothalamus The hypothalamus is a key integrative centre in the vertebrate brain that regulates many essential ...