A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
Researchers track DNA modifications and gene expression in stem cells as they differentiate.
Satellites of the Golgi apparatus generate the microtubules used to grow outer dendrite branches in Drosophila neurons.
Microarrays help keep induced pluripotent stem cell lines in check, from start to finish.
Flies turning blue help researchers link the deterioration of the intestinal barrier to age-related death.
Drosophila insulin-like peptides (dILPs) regulate part of the signaling pathway that helps keep organs growing in proportion during development.
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During development, communication between organs determines their relative final size.
A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be strong and tough enough to stop a moving train.
A video of the colonial arachnids taken by a local man has gone viral.