Although Michelangelo's masterpiece "David" captured the magnificence of the human body—how exactly this exquisite body plan is established during human development has puzzled scientists for more than a century. This has ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 21, 2022
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A signalling pathway controlling morphogenesis, the formation of the three-dimensional body shape in the fruit fly Drosophila, also has pivotal functions for early embryonic development in other insects like beetles, crickets ...
Evolution
Oct 21, 2019
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The endosperm, the tissue surrounding the plant embryo in the seed, has long been perceived as a nourishing tissue that is abandoned once the transition to the seedling is complete. A Swiss team, led by scientists from the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2021
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A new generation of high yield plants could be created following a fundamental change in our understanding of how plants develop.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 10, 2014
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Steroid estrogens play an important role as embryos develop a sense of smell, new research shows.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 19, 2022
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Our bodies, with all their different features and variations, are the result of well-orchestrated processes that dictate what and how cells develop into the organs and tissues that comprise our anatomy. Much of the information ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2017
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The binding of hormones to their receptors plays a key role in the development of many organs of the body. The apelin receptor is expressed in the developing embryo, coming online many hours prior to its presently known ligand, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 23, 2014
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Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with the Sloan Kettering Institute (New York, U.S.), have published the structural and functional keys that distinguish two very similar ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 12, 2019
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As key regulators, pentatricopeptide repeat proteins (PPRs) function in ribonucleic acid (RNA) editing, organellar gene expression, photosynthesis, the organellar electron transport chain, cellular metabolism, and adenosine ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 30, 2023
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Assisted reproductive technology, known as ART, is the umbrella term to describe fertility treatments that involve eggs and embryos. Many people turn to ART techniques like in vitro fertilization to resolve fertility problems, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2022
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