#DBfeature 🐠 scRNA-seq reveals a follicular cell population with elevated ovarian development genes in cavefish, which continue reproducing during starvation By F Xia, A Santacruz, D Wu, S Bertho, E Fritz, P Morales-Sosa, S McKinney, SH Nowotarski, N Rohner tinyurl.com/yvp772y4

#DBfeature 🐣 Unravelling early hematoendothelial development through the chick model: Insights and future perspectives by Lydia Pouncey, Gi Fay Mok @gifaymok.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐸 A non-invasive imaging-based technique for assessing cell interface mechanics during PCP-dependent polarization in the cortex by Shinuo Weng, John Wallingford et al @shinuoweng.bsky.social @jbwallingford.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2sa8wefy

#DBfeature Positive-negative Selection: The counterselection breakthrough that conventionalized reverse genetics in the mouse by Anthea Letsou www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Cryptic genetic variation can be revealed by mutations or environmental factors that destabilize homeostatic mechanisms, producing phenotypic variants as a substrate for selection By H. Frederik Nijhout tinyurl.com/4dww8f3h #SpecialIssue in research that transformed #DevBio

#DBfeature 🦎 How Betty Hay's findings significantly advanced the fields of cell plasticity and regenerative biology by Alejandra Beltrán-Rivera, José García-Arrarás tinyurl.com/55nhr4uv #SpecialIssue on research that transformed #DevBio

#DBfeature 🐣 Fate mapping approaches and scRNA-seq uncover how the avascular mesenchyme is critical to the normal outgrowth and patterning of digits By C Batho-Samblas, J Smith, L Keavey, N Clancy, L McTeir, and MG Davey tinyurl.com/2t6dau56 #SpecialIssue in #Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature Canonical Wnt pathway modulation is required to correctly execute multiple independent cellular dynamic programs during cranial neural tube closure by Amber Bogart, Eric Brooks www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐣 Application of the Magnet-Cre optogenetic system in the chicken model by Michael Pfann, Yuval Cinnamon et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Identification of the dysregulated let-7c-Sox2 network in the facial prominences of mouse embryos with early retinoid acid exposure by Chao Song, Yi Zou, et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Recent studies shaped the current view that the neural plate border is a transient region of multipotent progenitors that co-express competing gene modules and remain fate-undecided until early somite stages By Andrea Streit tinyurl.com/3h3k8vkv #SpecialIssue in #Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature 🪰 Maternal ovo represses the expression of transposable elements in Drosophila adult ovaries, likely via piRNA synthesis. By Makoto Hayashi, Yuica Koga, Yasuhiro Kozono, Satoru Kobayashi tinyurl.com/2azdw4z4

#DBfeature 🐠 A new powerful live imaging platform tracks Erk signalling dynamics in developing zebrafish hepatocytes at single-cell resolution. By Faraz Ahmed Butt, Alessandro De Simone, Stefano Di Talia, Kenneth Poss tinyurl.com/ve5vzp6c

#DBfeature 🧠🐣 Distinct functional domains of ASCL1 uniquely control neuronal differentiation and subtype identity, revealing the structural code behind neural fate decisions. By Yuji Nakada, Madison Martinez, and Jane Johnson tinyurl.com/3b6b325m

#DBfeature👁️ Shroom3 facilitates optic fissure closure via tissue alignment and reestablishment of apical-basal polarity during epithelial fusion by Jessica Herstine, Jordyn Mensh, Timothy Plageman Jr. et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Teaching developmental biology through a biocultural lens can challenge biological essentialism and build a more equitable science By Julia Paxson tinyurl.com/43htbxfx #SpecialIssue in Teaching #DevBio for Social Change

#DBfeature Multidisciplinary educational approach to reproductive technology links developmental biology, ethics, and law to prepare biologists for real-world controversies By J Azzi, Z Wehbi, P Hussein Kobeissy, R Kerek tinyurl.com/2xvm64ue #SpecialIssue in Teaching #DevBio for Social Change

#DBfeature Fritz Müller’s "Für Darwin" (1864) bridged evolution and development, anticipating evo-devo and warning to the dangers of scientific dogma By Scott Gilbert and Beatrice Steinert tinyurl.com/3sccvcr5 #SpecialIssue on Research that transformed #DevBio

#DBfeature Developmental life history transitions can be shaped by structural inequities: Insights from the sociology of race by Sarah McMenamin, Latrica Best sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐣🐠 Cereblon E3 ligase complex genes are expressed in tissues sensitive to thalidomide in chicken and zebrafish embryos but are unchanged following thalidomide exposure By LR Fraga, J Reeves, C Mahony, L Erskine, N Vargesson tinyurl.com/2fx6pbay #SpecialIssue in Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature 🐦🦴 Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria which can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record. By Crane AH, Baldry CJ, Rankin KE, Clarkin CE, Williams KA, Gostling NJ. tinyurl.com/pw5s23js #SpecialIssue on Avian model systems

#DBfeature #Review This review paper elucidates the organizational principles underlying the integument. By Chuong, C. M., Wu, P., Yu, Z., Liang, Y. C., & Widelitz, R. B. doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

#DBfeature Review Cyclic renewal in three ectodermal appendage follicles: Hairs, feathers and teeth by Ping Wu et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🪰 Drosophila grh relies on multiple enhancers for robust expression in neural stem cells, with different combinations playing a critical role in regulating its expression in subsets of these cells By R Sipani, Y Rawal, J Barman, P Abbur, V Kurlawala, & R Joshi tinyurl.com/2aufrc2w

#DBfeature 🐟 Retinoic acid promotes second heart field addition & regulates ventral aorta patterning in zebrafish. -by Austin Griffin, Allison Small, Jennifer Schumacher, et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🐭 Wnt3a plays an important role in Wolffian duct development by regulating apicobasal polarity. By Hayashi, S., Suzuki, H., Takada, S., & Takemoto, T. doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

#DBfeature 🪳 The transcription factor Capicua maintains the oocyte polarity in the panoistic ovary of the German cockroach "Cic interacts with Notch and EGFR pathways" by Nashwa Elshaer, Jorge Escudero, Maria-Dolors Piulachs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Scientists have identified a provisional regulatory circuit downstream of the transcription factor Pax3/7 operating in the descending decussating neurons (ddNs) of the tunicate Ciona robusta. By Kim, K., Piekarz, K. M., & Stolfi, A. doi.org/10.1016/j.yd...

#DBfeature #EvoDevo mRNA splicing variants of the transcription factor Blimp1 differentially regulate germline genes in echinoderms "Each Blimp1 isoform has distinct functions within & between species" by Gerardo Reyes, Nathalie Oulhen, Gary Wessel www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature 🧑‍🔬 David Sherwood draws a powerful parallel between morphogenesis and a scientific career, showing how becoming a biologist is a continual process of shaping, adaptation, and growth. Like development, a scientific life unfolds through adaptation and emergence. tinyurl.com/6yd46wcx

#DBfeature Review 🪽 Feather Morphogenesis Keratinization and cornification of avian skin appendages during development. Insights from immunolabeling and electron microscopic studies by Lorenzo Alibardi www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBfeature Building a genetic map of limb development driven by the apical ectodermal ridge By Lee Niswander tinyurl.com/bdzrjsyz #SpecialIssue on Research that Transformed #DevelopmentalBiology

DBfeature 🌸 How homeotic mutants shaped the ABC model, transforming our understanding of floral patterning By Zhongchi Liu tinyurl.com/2tc58fbs #SpecialIssue on Research that Transformed #DevelopmentalBiology

#DBfeature From peas to animal embryogenesis: how pioneering work in genetics shaped our understanding of development By Abraham Fainsod and Martin Blum tinyurl.com/5n8h423x #SpecialIssue on Research that Transformed #DevelopmentalBiology

#DBfeature 🐣 PRDM14 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation and safeguards avian germ cell identity by antagonising FGF-induced differentiation By D Doddamani, D Carlson, L McTeir, L Taylor, S Nandi, M Davey, M McGrew, J Glover tinyurl.com/2wpakkyd #SpecialIssue on Avian Model Systems

#DBfeature Micro-CT 3D structures provide new criteria can be used to identify medullary bone and female individuals in the avian fossil record. Crane A H @gruiformabi.bsky.social, Baldry C J, Rankin K E, Clarkin C E @clarkinbonebiol.bsky.social, Williams K A, Gostling N J @neilgostling.bsky.social

#DBfeature 🐣 The chicken embryo brings new insights into the tissue specific evolutionary role of WFDC1 during amniote development -T Metzker-Pinto, YTH Tran, I Buzzatto-Leite, L Lok, JF Sampar, HF Carvalho, G del Monte-Nieto, LE Alvares tinyurl.com/3abhm3d5 #SpecialIssue on Avian model systems

#DBfeature 🐣🫀 Proteomic analysis of chick embryonic heart in experimental hypoxia shows upregulation in anaerobic glycolysis, apoptosis-related proteins, cell adhesion proteins, and secretory activity By David Sedmera, Eliska Drobna Krejci, Ondrej Nanka, and Adam Eckhardt tinyurl.com/y3vdmx2s

#DBfeature Research facilities in the UK, France, and Japan maintaining transgenic lines for Avian developmental biology By Lindsay Henderson, Yuya Okuzaki, Christophe Marcelle, Mike McGrew, and Ken-ichi Nishijima tinyurl.com/4drw4d6a #SpecialIssue on Avian model systems

#DBfeature 🪶 New tools bring embryonic feather bud development back to the forefront of efforts to understand vertebrate organogenesis By Jon Riddell and Denis Headon tinyurl.com/hzzhr5z8 #SpecialIssue on #Development and #Regeneration of ectodermal organs

#DBfeature 🐠🫀 Gpnmb promotes the recruitment of macrophages post cardiac cryoinjury in zebrafish, influencing immune and fibrotic responses during regeneration -S Gupta, GK Bajwa, H El-Sammak, K Mattonet, S Günther, M Looso, D Stainier, R Marín-Juez @rmarinjuez.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc7hv5dn

#DBfeature CMTM4 is an adhesion modulator that regulates skeletal patterning and primary mesenchyme cell migration in sea urchin embryos By Abigail Descoteaux, Marko Radulovic, Dona Alburi, and Cynthia Bradham tinyurl.com/3xvnzxuz

#DBfeature Lineage tracing of Eomes-positive mouse trophoblast cells confirms their capacity to contribute to both placental layers in vivo even after E7.5 -Avery McGinnis, Megan Cull, Nichole Peterson, Matthew Tang, Bryony Natale @bnatale.bsky.social, David Natale #Extraembryonic

#DBfeature 🐠 Growth factor Mdka interacts with Ptprz1b to regulate midline formation in the developing zebrafish hindbrain by controlling the levels of prickle expression By Y Le, K Rajasekhar, T Loo, T Saunders @timesaunders.bsky.social T Wohland, C Winkler #Zebrafish #Neurodevelopment

#DBfeature 🪰 Novel Gem3-NAT1 genetic interaction drives neuromuscular development in Drosophila without physical contact By Rebecca Cacciottolo and Ruben Cauchi tinyurl.com/5bp2jftd #Drosophila #Neurodevelopment

#DBfeature #Drosophila 🪰 Slit-independent guidance of longitudinal axons by Drosophila Robo3 "A non-Slit-binding function of Robo3 Ig1 contributes to its axon guidance activity." by Abigail Carranza, Timothy Evans et al @timevansphd.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#DBFeature Connecting developmental biology to societal and political issues in the classroom boosts student engagement and critical thinking, fostering a deeper understanding of both science and social justice. - Megan Morgan Hoffman #SpecialIssue on teaching #DevelopmentalBiology for #SocialChange

#DBfeature 🧑‍🏫🧑‍🍼 Mammalian lactation as a dynamic theme to teach core biological concepts while integrating social and economic contexts, fostering not only scientific knowledge but also socially responsible thinking through high-impact, student-centred learning practices. tinyurl.com/ydj8ujuy

#DBFeature 🌐 Origins, findings, challenges, and influence of the Polar Coordinate Model, which revolutionized understanding of limb regeneration by framing pattern formation as positional information encoded in coordinate ‘maps’ across tissues. #SpecialIssue on #Oogenesis in animals and plants

#DBFeature 🪱 During oogenesis in planarian S. mediterranea, the nuclear envelope transforms into Sunburst Nuclear Envelope Vescicles that contain nuclear proteins but lack DNA and nuclear pores By Longhua Guo et al. tinyurl.com/4n5wwps8 #SpecialIssue on #Oogenesis in animals and plants