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Genetics Unzipped: Baby brain, baby body: The genetics (and epigenetics) of reproduction

Posted by , on 12 January 2023

We’re going back to the womb to explore the genetics of how to make babies - from finding out how birthweight is linked to the risk of diabetes to investigating ...

Genetics Unzipped podcast: Baby boom - The surprising science of the placenta

Posted by , on 7 October 2021

We explore the science behind one of the most remarkable but often overlooked organs in the mammalian body: the placenta.

Drinking alcohol even at conception damages placenta development

Posted by , on 10 June 2019

Press release from Development. You can also read the Research Highlight for this article. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been linked to poor growth of the placenta, causing conditions such ...

9.5 million knockout mouse embryo images now available

Posted by , on 20 July 2017

A new set of DMDD embryo and placenta data has been released, taking our total dataset to 9.5 million images of around 1300 embryos. DMDD is a primary screen of ...

New phenotype dataset available for embryonic-lethal mouse knockouts

Posted by , on 1 December 2016

    This post originally appeared on Annotations, the DMDD blog.   New image and phenotype data for embryos and placentas from embryonic lethal knockout mouse lines has been made ...

Application of Fucci technology to analysis of endoreplicating cells

Posted by , on 18 November 2013

Endoreplication (endoreduplication or endomitosis) is the process by which a cell undergoes successive rounds of DNA replication without an intervening mitosis and its accompanying cytokinesis. Developmentally programmed endoreplication causes differentiating ...

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