Development
- Morphology and cardiac physiology are differentially affected by temperature in developing larvae of the marine fish mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
Summary: Acute and chronic temperature exposures affect differentially heart rate, stroke volume and cardiac output in mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) during early development.
- The role of nitric oxide during embryonic epidermis development of Xenopus laevis
Summary: Embryonic epidermis development is influenced by nitric oxide, where it has been linked to the development of ionocytes, multi-ciliated cells and small secretory cells.
- A role for planar cell polarity during early endoderm morphogenesis
Summary: Here we characterise endodermal morphogenesis during somitogenesis stages, and show that PCP signalling plays a mixed role in endoderm development during these stages.
- Chicken muscle mitochondrial content appears co-ordinately regulated and is associated with performance phenotypes
Summary: We have detected variation in muscle mitochondrial content across chickens. This variation relates to phenotypes and also indicates coordinate regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis across the musculature.
- Genetic basis of hindlimb loss in a naturally occurring vertebrate model
Summary: Here we genetically characterise mutations in tbx4 which underlie pelvic finless, a naturally occurring model of hindlimb loss in zebrafish that lacks pelvic fin structures.
- On the development of extragonadal and gonadal human germ cells
Summary: The presence and developmental trajectory of ectopic human germ cells in the adrenals and gonads during the first and second trimesters is investigated by comparing the expression dynamics of early, late and meiotic germ cell markers.