The notochord is the defining structure of the chordates, and has essential roles in vertebrate development. It serves as a source of midline signals that pattern surrounding tissues and as a major ...

Development invites you to submit your latest research to our upcoming Special Issue – Plant and Algae Development. This issue will be coordinated by Academic Editor Dominique Bergmann (Stanford ...

Highlighted Article: The MpWIP gene controls the development of the air pore complex – a multicellular structure that increases CO2 uptake – in the early-diverging land plant Marchantia polymorpha.

SUMMARY. Using 3D infrared high-speed video, we captured the continuous wing and body kinematics of free-flying fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster,during hovering and slow forward flight. We then ...

Summary: MTP18 interacts with LC3 to activate mitophagy through Parkin-dependent outer mitochondrial membrane rupture to eliminate dysfunctional mitochondria and protect oral cancer cells.

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SUMMARY. California newts (Taricha torosa) are capable of locomotion in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. The transition between swimming and terrestrial walking was examined by videotaping ...

To make manuscript submission as easy as possible for authors, JEB has a format-free submission policy, meaning that authors are not required to adhere to journal formatting guidelines when they first ...

In this Review, we summarize recent findings related to the molecular, cellular and mechanosensitive mechanisms of heart valve development. In addition, we compare valve development in the ...

The plant hormone auxin triggers complex growth and developmental processes. Its underlying molecular mechanism of action facilitates rapid switching between transcriptional repression and gene ...

In utero infection and maternal inflammation can adversely impact fetal brain development. Maternal systemic illness, even in the absence of direct fetal brain infection, is associated with an ...