Studying how neural crest cells journey through the embryo, this Caltech developmental biologist has revealed how they form major cell types, including peripheral neurons, bone, and smooth muscle. In ...

Since then, however, many investigators have unearthed molecular evidence that the genes involved in odontogenesis (tooth development) are indeed retained in chickens. A primary step in reaching ...

The chicken-or-egg mystery has long puzzled humanity ... This cell cluster closely resembles an animal embryo in its earliest stage, known as a blastula. “Although C. perkinsii is a unicellular ...

Scientists have made a discovery that may finally answer the age-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg ... closely resembles an animal embryo in its earliest stage, known as ...

This may make you chicken out of buying eggs ... which also reported that foodies shouldn’t fear that they’ll find an embryo in their omelette. “Even if an egg is successfully fertilized ...

The ability to turn off a gene of interest in a temporally and spatially controlled manner is key to the analysis of gene function in developing organisms. However, the induction of temporally ...