Organ repair and growth rely on coupling tissue-wide membrane depolarization with intracellular proliferative signaling.

New research group for “Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis” established.

Comparing the genomes of snakes with distinct coloration patterns pinpointed the genetic variants that contribute to these intricate designs.

Accurate growth control is critical for the achievement of proportional organs during animal development and repair processes. Either extra or deficie…

In Bilateria with centralized nervous systems (e.g. in vertebrates or arthropods), the minimum of the BMP signaling activity gradient defines the position of the central nervous system. BMP-dependent ...

For over twenty years, scientists thought they had understood the role of β-catenin in early animal development. β-Catenin, a key molecular signal, was believed to have the same fundamental function a...

Background BMP signaling is responsible for the second body axis patterning in Bilateria and in the bilaterally symmetric members of the bilaterian sister clade Cnidaria—corals and sea anemones. Howev...

Metabolism has been considered an attractive candidate as a global modulator of the tempo of multiple developmental processes, including somite segmentation timing. Here they demonstrate that metaboli...

The fractal design of the bronchial tree, as described by the Hess-Murray law, facilitates energy-efficient lung ventilation, yet its developmental origins remain unclear. Here, we quantify the rearra...

Crocodile head scales self-organize through purely mechanical compressive skin folding rather than a patterning process controlled by gene interactions.