How do tiny worm embryos decide which cells become muscle, nerve, or gut - all without reading any new DNA? 🤔
Our new Cell Reports paper explores this fascinating question using C. elegans embryos.
cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00549-2
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Landscape and regulation of mRNA translation in the early C. elegans embryo
Using ribosome profiling, Shukla et al. characterize dynamic translational regulation
of maternal mRNAs during the first four cell cycles of C. elegans development. Their
findings demonstrate how post...
