Early embryo development is a highly dynamic process that is of great interest to scientists, but most studies tend to focus on a single species, typically mouse or human. This study, however ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Min Yang, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) Embryonic development, also ...

Emerging findings suggest that viral DNA may play an important part in how embryos form, right after fertilization.

In the mouse developing embryo, she previously demonstrated a bias at the two-cell stage: one cell contributed more to fetal tissue and the other to the placenta. 4 “We know so little about the very ...

Scientists found that fruit fly embryos can develop through multiple genetic paths, not just one. This challenges traditional ideas.

DNA from ancient viruses that form a part of the human genome may be contributing in the early development of an embryo in ...

While human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics offered insights into the early development period, they are technically and ethically challenging to work with. In recent years, ...

For the first time, scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have successfully developed human stem cell models that include a functional notochord—a crucial tissue in embryonic development ...

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By constructing a mouse model with a complete knockout of the Martre gene family, the researchers observed delays in early embryonic development in Martre knockout mice. Combining transcriptomics ...

Early embryo development is a highly dynamic process that is of great interest to scientists, but most studies tend to focus on a single species, typically mouse or human. This study, however, took an ...