Researchers track DNA modifications and gene expression in stem cells as they differentiate.
Researchers track DNA modifications and gene expression in stem cells as they differentiate.
In Chapter 4, “Darwin’s Barnacles, Agassiz’s Jellyfish,” author Christoph Irmscher describes his subject’s obsession with marine organisms.
American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.
Three-Minute Thesis competitions are designed to help young researchers refine their communication skills, but not everyone is convinced they are effective.
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.
| March 1, 2013
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During development, communication between organs determines their relative final size.