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How we learned to build a gliding mammal

Posted by , on 2 September 2024

Read the story behind the paper "Emx2 underlies the development and evolution of marsupial gliding membranes" from first author Jorge Moreno.

When a medical doctor steps into a developmental biology lab to study the mechanics of human embryo development

Posted by , on 29 August 2024

Read the story behind the paper “Mechanics of human embryo compaction” from Jean-Léon Maître and Julie Firmin.

Behind the paper: Rarely seen development of a viviparous shark – emergence of the hammerhead.

Posted by , on 12 August 2024

In this Developmental Dynamics paper, Steven Byrum, Gareth Fraser and colleagues present the first comprehensive embryonic staging series for the Bonnethead, a viviparous hammerhead shark. In this post, Gareth and ...

Behind the paper story: From a tiny primordium to a fully developed gynoecium

Posted by , on 5 July 2024

In this post, I invite you to join me on the journey through our recent article titled “Two Orthogonal Differentiation Gradients Locally Coordinate Fruit Morphogenesis.” This story started when I ...

How we found a switch from genitalia to limbs

Posted by , on 28 June 2024

While the vertebrate body consists of diverse structures formed during embryogenesis, there is a limited number of genetic regulatory modules that are repurposed in different developmental contexts. For example, the ...

Ascidian embryonic cells offer clues to the evolutionary origin of vertebrate neural crest cells and neuromesodermal progenitors

Posted by , on 11 June 2024

Read the story behind the paper "Ascidian embryonic cells with properties of neural-crest cells and neuromesodermal progenitors of vertebrates".

 Ancient origin of the vertebrate sympathetic nervous system

Posted by , on 1 June 2024

A recent paper “Neural crest origin of sympathetic neurons at the dawn of vertebrates” challenges the prevailing dogma that the sympathetic ganglia arose only in jawed vertebrates. Instead, based on ...

How do jellyfish regenerate their tentacles?

Posted by , on 27 May 2024

Read the story behind the paper "Distinct stem-like cell populations facilitate functional regeneration of the Cladonema medusa tentacle".

A journey of understanding the distinct molecular mechanisms underlying plant photoperiodism

Posted by , on 29 February 2024

In a new study, Joshua Gendron and colleagues find that plants can measure two different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth, and the vegetative growth is partially dependent on ...

Exploring Mammary Gland Development and Evolution with Organoid Technology

Posted by , on 6 February 2024

What is the set of instructions that directs cells as they form a tissue, and how did this set of instructions evolve throughout species evolution? In a new study, we ...

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