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WIREs Developmental Biology
Balancing acts in nervous system development
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Through veiled mirrors: Fish fins help researchers understand relative growth and proportion in developmental biology.
Your brain: Built by cilia
Studying the links between cilia and signaling pathways sheds light on our understanding of nervous system development.
A Genetic Blueprint for Breathing
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Regulation of Insulin and Glucagon Production in Flies
Current knowledge of the factors that control the regulation and release of insulin and glucagon in Drosophila.
Brain Organoids to Study the Developing Human Brain
Brain organoids model normal human brain development and can be used to answer questions related to development, evolution, and disease.
Drug Screening in Drosophila: Why Flies?
Fruit flies are ideal for modeling complex genotypes and phenotypes and have significant potential in drug screening.
Developmental Origins and Oncogenic Pathways in Malignant Brain Tumors
Brain tumors are among the leading causes of cancer‐related deaths, exhibiting poor prognoses with little improvement in outcomes over the past several decades.
Generating and Working with Drosophila Cell Cultures
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