Sentences with phrase «of animal development»
The phenomenon of collective cell migration has been observed in the process of animal development, the healing of wounds, and cancer cell invasion.
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Based on close observation of animal development, scientists had assumed that a cell's fate is assigned early in life — and is irreversible.
The early stages of animal development are characterized by dramatic changes in gene expression.
Our research examines a diverse range of species and research questions concerning the molecular basis of animal development.
Rutaganira expects her studies will spark new understanding of animal development, physiology, and disease.
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has emerged as a key model system for elucidating the genetics and molecular biology of animal development.
The work is significant because it lays the groundwork for the development of quantitative models of animal development, enabling the use of mathematical tools more commonly associated with the physical sciences to be applied in biological studies.
«It reminds us that even at that level of animal development, you can expect triggers from the microbial world.»
Not restricted to its spiny namesake, this signaling pathway, which is a key regulator of animal development, is present in all bilaterians (or animals that are bilaterally symmetrical — which is most animals, including humans).
FP timers should therefore find use in studies of animal development where events like the patterning of nascent tissues and the formation of limbs are correlated with changes in gene expression.
«These studies show that zebrafish, an animal that is frequently used to study the genetics of animal development, can also serve as a tool to uncover in systematic fashion the functions of lincRNAs,» says Whitehead Member David Bartel, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a professor of biology at MIT.
Discoveries will lead to new hypotheses and experiments that will further our understanding of animal development and function — and how both can go awry.