Developmental Biology

Developmental Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    BEND2 is a crucial player in oogenesis and reproductive aging

    Yan Huang, Nina Bucevic ... Ignasi Roig
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Energetic Demands Regulate Sleep-Wake Rhythm Circuit Development

    Amy R. Poe, Lucy Zhu ... Matthew S. Kayser
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Lineage-specific intersection of endothelin and GDNF signaling in enteric nervous system development

    Denise M. Poltavski, Alexander T. Cunha ... Takako Makita
    1. Developmental Biology

    SMAD4 promotes somatic-germline contact during murine oocyte growth

    Sofia Granados-Aparici, Qin Yang, Hugh Clarke
    1. Developmental Biology

    FMNL2 regulates actin for ER and mitochondria distribution in oocyte meiosis

    Meng-Hao Pan, Zhen-Nan Pan ... Shao-Chen Sun
    1. Developmental Biology

    The Alk receptor tyrosine kinase regulates Sparkly, a novel activity regulating neuropeptide precursor in the Drosophila CNS

    Sanjay Kumar Sukumar, Vimala Antonydhason ... Ruth H. Palmer

Highlights

    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Natural History of Model Organisms: E. coqui

    Sarah E Westrick, Mara Laslo, Eva K Fischer
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Imaging methods are vastly underreported

    Guillermo Marqués, Thomas Pengo, Mark A Sanders

Senior editors

  1. Sofia J Araújo
    University of Barcelona, Spain
  2. Utpal Banerjee
    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  3. Lois Smith
    Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, United States
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