A novel approach in the study of the development of mammalian embryos has been reported in the journal Nature Communications. The research, from the laboratory of Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz of ...

Two to three weeks after conception, an embryo faces a critical point in its development. In the stage known as gastrulation, the transformation of embryonic cells into specialized cells begins. This ...

Animal embryos go through a series of characteristic developmental stages on their journey from a fertilized egg cell to a functional organism. This biological process is largely genetically ...