The study highlights the tenuous steps in
embryonic development related to sex determination and how a single genetic mutation can mean the difference between male and female.
Not exact matches
In addition, researchers found that the gene families
related to whale's body hair and sensory receptors were contracted, such as Keratin -
related gene families associated with hair formation, several Hox genes that play an important role in the body plan and
embryonic development.
The dynamin -
related GTPase Drp1 is required for
embryonic and brain
development in mice.
Interneuron cell - based therapy in AD and
related models: During brain
development,
embryonic interneuron precursors are generated in the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) and retain a remarkable capacity for migration and integration in adult host brains, where they fully mature into functional inhibitory interneurons.
Recently, his lab used induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells — adult cells made to act like
embryonic stem cells — made from skin cells of patients carrying apoE4, or other mutations
related to Alzheimer's, to study their effects on the
development, survival, and degeneration of human neurons.