During regeneration, new neurons need to be made in a way that reproduces both neuronal diversity and organization. Here the authors show that a combination of factors works cooperatively to direct ne...

Abstract. Spliceosomal small nuclear RNA (snRNA) U1 and the U2AF heterodimer play critical functions by recognizing the highly conserved GT and AG dinucleo

Chromosome conformation analysis in Drosophila wing discs reveals the requirement of specific meta-loops during regeneration.

Chloroplast-stealing ciliates evolve, increasing reliance on their prey for all aspects of metabolism, including photosynthesis.

Epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone shares key hallmarks with bilaterians and is dynamically regulated by nutritional status. During starvation-induced body shrinkage, extrusion likely contribu...

Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the ...

Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the co-option of lysosomal machinery to simultaneously support photosynthesis and extract photosynthetic products from the algae.

Summary: A reaction-diffusion mechanism recapitulates pattern emergence in an in vitro model of neuromesodermal progenitors under a variety of boundary and geometrical perturbations.

Experiments using the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis reveal that the emergence of a core signalling pathway may have been a key innovation enabling the transit...

Nature, Published online: 18 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01910-0 Embryonic ‘organizer cells’ can tell embryos of various phyla what kind of body to build.

Embryonic ‘organizer cells’ can tell embryos of various phyla what kind of body to build.

Experiments using the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis reveal that the emergence of a core signalling pathway may have been a key innovation enabling the transit...

Experiments in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis show a role of gene body methylation in transposable element suppression and that epigenetic inheritance is constrained by chromatin context and tra...

Nature Metabolism, Published online: 17 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s42255-026-01506-yJohnson et al. discuss the role of dietary and endogenous fructose as a calorie source and modulator of metabolic health and disease.

Here they show that BMP signalling is the ancestral pathway that patterns the dorsoventral (DV) axis in Annelida and Spiralia. The shift to unequal cleavage involved alternative pathways for patternin...

Summary: Lipids are increasingly recognized as essential regulators of nuclear homeostasis, membrane dynamics, mechanotransduction and genome stability, opening new frontiers for understanding nuclear...

Why mammals cannot regenerate limbs like amphibians do presents a long-standing puzzle in biology. To uncover the underlying differences, we compared amputation responses of embryonic mouse (Mus musculus) and Xenopus laevis tadpole limbs. Lowering ...

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