Embryonic development of the annual killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus: An emerging model for ecological and evolutionary developmental biology research and instruction
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DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24513
Abstract: Background: Austrofundulus limnaeus is an annual killifish from the Maracaibo basin of Venezuela. Annual killifishes are unique among vertebrates in their ability to enter into a state of dormancy at up to three distinct developmental… read more here.
Keywords: annual killifish; austrofundulus limnaeus; developmental biology; model ... See more keywords
Annual killifishes as model systems for advancing understanding of evolution and developmental biology
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DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24594
Abstract: Ecological and environmental factors are critical determinants of developmental outcome, and there is a growing interest in the mechanisms that integrate these extrinsic factors into intrinsic developmental programs. Perhaps more important, there is real need… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; developmental biology; history; biology ... See more keywords
A new era for evolutionary developmental biology in non-model organisms
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DOI: 10.1007/s11427-020-1748-0
Abstract: Since the publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology has developed into a key discipline of biology and experienced several important expansions contributed by the sequential integration of Mendelian genetics, Morgan’s… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary developmental; developmental biology; evolutionary biology; evo devo ... See more keywords
Synthetic developmental biology: build and control multicellular systems.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.04.006
Abstract: Synthetic biology offers a bottom-up engineering approach that intends to understand complex systems via design-build-test cycles. Embryonic development comprises complex processes that originate at the level of gene regulatory networks in a cell and emerge… read more here.
Keywords: control; developmental biology; biology build; synthetic developmental ... See more keywords
Developmental Biology: Reissner’s Fiber and Straightening of the Body Axis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.080
Abstract: A straight longitudinal body axis supports efficient directed locomotion of fish and other vertebrates. New research demonstrates that Reissner's fiber, an enigmatic structure within the spinal central canal, is essential for development of an extended trunk… read more here.
Keywords: biology reissner; developmental biology; body axis; biology ... See more keywords
Developmental Biology: Embryos Need to Control Their Nucleotides Just Right
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.051
Abstract: The maternal-to-zygotic transition in the Drosophila embryo requires accurate control of the levels of free nucleotides, arguing for an essential role of nucleotide metabolism in the regulation of the cell cycle during early embryogenesis. read more here.
Keywords: need control; control; developmental biology; biology ... See more keywords
Perspectives on the mathematics of biological patterning and morphogenesis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2016.11.013
Abstract: Abstract A central question in developmental biology is how size and position are determined. The genetic code carries instructions on how to control these properties in order to regulate the pattern and morphology of structures… read more here.
Keywords: mathematics; patterning morphogenesis; developmental biology; physics ... See more keywords
Systems of pattern formation within developmental biology.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2021.09.005
Abstract: Applications of mathematical models to developmental biology have provided helpful insight into various subfields, ranging from the patterning of animal skin to the development of complex organ systems. Systems involved in patterning within morphology present… read more here.
Keywords: pattern formation; biology systems; developmental biology; biology ... See more keywords
The developmental biology of kinesins.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.09.009
Abstract: Kinesins are microtubule-based motor proteins that are well known for their key roles in cell biological processes ranging from cell division, to intracellular transport of mRNAs, proteins, vesicles, and organelles, and microtubule disassembly. Interestingly, many… read more here.
Keywords: biology kinesins; developmental biology; biology;
An exciting period of Drosophila developmental biology: Of imaginal discs, clones, compartments, parasegments and homeotic genes".
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.01.008
Abstract: In this review we recall a number of important discoveries that took place in Drosophila during seventies and eighties of the last century. The development of cell lineage methods and of powerful modifications of same,… read more here.
Keywords: developmental biology; body; drosophila; biology ... See more keywords
A special issue of Essays in Biochemistry on evolutionary developmental biology.
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DOI: 10.1042/ebc20220200
Abstract: Evolutionary developmental biology (or evo devo) is a broad field that aims to understand how developmental processes evolve and how this underpins phenotypic change and organismal diversification. This encompasses a need to understand theoretical concepts… read more here.
Keywords: developmental biology; essays biochemistry; biology; evolutionary developmental ... See more keywords