The body plan of vertebrates has distinct left–right (LR) asymmetries in the disposition of internal organs. Cells and tissues are instructed as to their left or right identity at very early stages of ...

Left–right (L–R) asymmetry is required for normal development, but how can symmetry arise in an embryo with L–R polarity? Three groups independently show that symmetry in the somites — which give rise ...

Scientists at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi) at Kyoto University say they used a petri dish and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to learn how the early stages of ...

The role of fibroblast growth factor in the embryonic process of somitogenesis, an event required for vertebrae formation, has been demonstrated. The team successfully characterized and verified the ...

The Stowers Institute’s Pourquié Lab has demonstrated the role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) in the embryonic process of somitogenesis, an event required for vertebrae formation, in a paper posted ...