Developmental Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Developmental Biology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Genome-wide analysis of early vascular tunic repair and regeneration for Botrylloides digenesis reveals striking similarities to human wound healing.75
Influence of DNA-methylation at multiple stages of limb chondrogenesis74
Developmental biology – Can you dig it? An interview with Neil Shubin53
Moderate levels of folic acid benefit outcomes for cilia based neural tube defects42
Developmental stage dependent effects of posterior and germline regeneration on sexual maturation in Platynereis dumerilii39
The BAF chromatin complex component SMARCC1 does not mediate GLI transcriptional repression of Hedgehog target genes in limb buds37
Molecular characterization of a flatworm Girardia isolate from Guanajuato, Mexico33
Under pressure: How mechanical forces guide airway branching28
Automated non-invasive laser speckle imaging of the chick heart rate and extraembryonic blood vessels and their response to Nifedipine and Amlodipine drugs27
Transitions in the proteome and phospho-proteome during Xenopus laevis development27
Metabolites produced by agat+ cells support regeneration in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea25
A scientific case for revisiting the embryonic chicken model in biomedical research24
PROX1 is necessary for cellular patterning, innervation and differentiation in the mouse organ of Corti22
Urp1 and Urp2 act redundantly to maintain spine shape in zebrafish larvae22
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Rap1 promotes epithelial integrity and cell viability in a growing tissue22
Retinoid-X receptor action and disruption in development21
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Redundant and novel functions of scube genes during zebrafish development20
TGFβ signaling is required for sclerotome resegmentation during development of the spinal column in Gallus gallus19
Analysis of Cre lines for targeting embryonic airway smooth muscle19
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Fgf signalling is required for gill slit formation in the skate, Leucoraja erinacea18
Posterior pole of dermapteran oocytes houses a single aggregate of organelles reminiscent of endolysosomal vesicular assemblies described in mouse oocytes18
Drosophila as a model to study autophagy during oogenesis18
Involvement of Tead4, an effector of Hippo signaling, in intestinal remodeling during Xenopus laevis metamorphosis18
Serotonergic signaling plays a deeply conserved role in improving oocyte quality17
Multiple pathways for reestablishing PAR polarity in C. elegans embryo16
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Cell polarity control by Wnt morphogens16
Pax9 drives development of the upper jaw but not teeth in zebrafish16
PRDM14 is essential for vertebrate gastrulation and safeguards avian germ cell identity15
The Halloween gene shadow is involved in embryonic development and postembryonic molting in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum15
Evidence of interactions among apoptosis, cell proliferation, and dedifferentiation in the rudiment during whole-organ intestinal regeneration in the sea cucumber15
Soma-to-germline BMP signal is essential for Drosophila spermiogenesis14
Did the evolution of multiple microchromosomes help save bird and other dinosaurs from extinction?14
Exploring the roles of noncoding RNAs in craniofacial abnormalities: A systematic review14
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Pax2a, Pax5 and Cdh1-β-catenin, but not Wnt, protect sensory hair cells from destabilizing effects of fgf signaling on cell adhesion14
Long-term mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum complexes in the oocytes and early embryos of a matrotrophic pseudoscorpion Chelifer cancroides14
Evolution, development, and regeneration of tooth-like epithelial appendages in sharks13
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Discovering the unexpected: Insights into the dynamics of mouse neural tube closure revealed by time-lapse imaging13
In Memoriam: Donald D. Brown (1931–2023)13
Contribute to special issues in developmental biology13
Remembering Professor Bohdan Matuszewski13
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Stay or stray: Lpar1 regulates neutrophil retention and epidermal homeostasis in early zebrafish development12
Associations of genetic variants in the PPARD gene to racing performance in pigeons (Columba livia)12
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Anatomy, development and regeneration of zebrafish elasmoid scales12
A conditional smoothened (smo) allele on an inbred C57BL/6J genetic background has a hypomorphic smo mutant phenotype12
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Vnd and En are expressed in orthogonal stripes and act in a brief competence window to combinatorially specify NB7-1 and its early lineage12
Ciliary ARL13B inhibits developmental kidney cystogenesis in mouse12
Ras/MAPK signaling mediates adipose tissue control of ovarian germline survival and ovulation in Drosophila melanogaster11
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Developmental life history transitions can be shaped by structural inequities: Insights from the sociology of race11
MicroRNA miR-196a controls neural crest patterning by repressing immature neural ectoderm programs in Xenopus embryos11
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David L. Stocum (1939–2023): Authority in regenerative biology, passionate educator, visionary administrative leader, and cherished colleague and friend11
ASCL1 protein domains with distinct functions in neuronal differentiation and subtype specification11
Intraocular vasculature formation precedes extraocular vasculature penetration of mouse eyes11
A ‘citizen science’ approach to transforming scientific research and education11
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“Pattern regulation in epimorphic fields”, aka the polar coordinate model10
Synchronisation of apical constriction and cell cycle progression is a conserved behaviour of pseudostratified neuroepithelia informed by their tissue geometry10
Corrigendum to “Resilience of the replacing dentition in adult reptiles” [Develop. Biol. 516 (2024) 71–81]10
Exploring the differentiation potential of EomesPOS mouse trophoblast cells in mid-gestation10
Cse1l is critical for cell survival, craniofacial and cardiac development10
Pharmacological approaches to understanding the role of PDX1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Insights from the chick CAM model10
Remodeling of the hyomandibular skeleton and facial nerve positioning during embryonic and postembryonic development of teleost fish10
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Integration of the sensory and skeletal systems: A classical perspective on neuromast-bone interactions10
Aberrant differentiation of second heart field mesoderm prefigures cellular defects in the outflow tract in response to loss of FGF810
Post-eclosion growth in the Drosophila ejaculatory duct is driven by Juvenile hormone signaling and is essential for male fertility10
Squamates as a model to understand key dental features of vertebrates10
Foxg1 regulates the development of microvillous cells in the olfactory epithelium9
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Morphogenetic maturation of chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) and its disruption by tumor xenografts9
Microtubule binding protein Togaram1 is required for proper development of mammalian forebrain and neural primary cilia9
VEGF signaling promotes blastema growth and proliferation of vascular and non-vascular cells during axolotl limb regeneration9
Cell differentiation in the embryonic periderm and in scaffolding epithelia of skin appendages9
Molecular basis of variations in facial soft tissues: insights from cichlid fishes9
Planar cell polarity signaling guides cochlear innervation9
Opposing effects of ecdysone signaling regulate neuroblast proliferation to ensure coordination of brain and organism development9
CRISPR/Cas9-based simple transgenesis in Xenopus laevis9
Sall4 regulates downstream patterning genes during limb regeneration9
Retinoic acid control of pax8 during renal specification of Xenopus pronephros involves hox and meis39
A new kind of embryonic field?8
CXXC Finger Protein 1 drives BMP signaling and progenitor cell differentiation during limb development8
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Sponge/DOCK-dependent regulation of F-actin networks directing cortical cap behaviors and syncytial furrow ingression8
A mathematical model of development shows that cell division, short-range signaling and self-activating gene networks increase developmental noise while long-range signaling and epithelial stiffness r8
Secreted frizzled-related protein 1a regulates hematopoietic development in a dose-dependent manner8
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Evo-Devo of Urbilateria and its larval forms8
The development of hair follicles and nail8
Cellular dedifferentiation. Revisiting Betty Hay's legacy8
Gsx2 regulates oligodendrocyte precursor formation in the zebrafish spinal cord8
Structure, function and formation of the amniote skin pattern8
A function of spalt major as a sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor mediates repression of knirps in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc8
The Munich screen for Arabidopsis embryo patterning genes8
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Calreticulin is required for cuticle deposition and trabeculae formation inside butterfly wing scale cells8
Developmental origin of the mammalian premaxilla8
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Corrigendum to “A low-cost, high-throughput pipeline for 3D imaging of embryonic mouse hearts using lightsheet microscopy” [Develop. Biol. 527 (2025) 26–38]8
Genes for 5′mRNA cap binding proteins, eif4ea and eif4eb, have alternative roles during heart regeneration8
Genetic assimilation, robustness and plasticity are key processes in the development and evolution of novel traits8
Modifying membrane potential synchronously controls the somite's formation periodicity and growth8
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Neutrophils facilitate the epicardial regenerative response after zebrafish heart injury8
Progressive degeneration of the retina in Loxl3 mutant mouse model of Stickler syndrome8
Fluid secretion and luminal pressure control lateral branching morphogenesis in the embryonic avian lung8
Christopher Wright, Winner of 2022 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize7
Zebrafish Kelch-like family member 4 is required for vasculogenesis and hematopoiesis7
Dorsal lip maturation and initial archenteron extension depend on Wnt11 family ligands7
Polychrome labeling reveals skeletal triradiate and elongation dynamics and abnormalities in patterning cue-perturbed embryos7
Bud, branch, breathe! Building a mammalian lung over space and time7
E.G. Conklin's support for the mosaic mode of development and understanding the role of maternal determinants7
The search to understand the development of the chicken immune system: Differences in expression of MHC class I loci and waves of thymocytes as evolutionary relics?7
Lfng and Dll3 cooperate to modulate protein interactions in cis and coordinate oscillatory Notch pathway activation in the segmentation clock7
Decoding a Cell's Fate: How Notch and receptor tyrosine kinase signals specify the Drosophila R7 photoreceptor7
Welcome to the 82nd Annual SDB meeting in Chicago!7
Together forever: patterns and strategies of vertical symbiont transmission in planthoppers7
Visualizing developmental dynamics of nuclear morphology and transport machinery in Drosophila7
Hungarian mummies of the White Plague: homeotic transformation in a historic epidemic7
Effects of gestational hypothyroidism on mouse brain development: Gabaergic systems and oxidative stress7
Dgcr8 functions in the secondary heart field for outflow tract and right ventricle development in mammals7
Apoptosis-dependent head development during metamorphosis of the cnidarian Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus7
Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research7
Tenascin-C-enriched regeneration-specific extracellular matrix guarantees superior muscle regeneration in Ambystoma mexicanum7
microRNA-124 directly suppresses Nodal and Notch to regulate mesodermal development7
To the right, to the right – Chick it out!7
mRNA splicing variants of the transcription factor Blimp1 differentially regulate germline genes in echinoderms7
PCP-dependent polarized mechanics in the cortex of individual cells during convergent extension7
The Pax transcription factor EGL-38 links EGFR signaling to assembly of a cell type-specific apical extracellular matrix in the Caenorhabditis elegans vulva7
Identification of lens-regulated genes driving anterior eye development7
Comparative analysis of fixation techniques for signal detection in avian embryos7
From soap bubbles to multicellular organisms: Unraveling the role of cell adhesion and physical constraints in tile pattern formation and tissue morphogenesis7
Zebrafish mutants in vegfab can affect endothelial cell proliferation without altering ERK phosphorylation and are phenocopied by loss of PI3K signaling6
Retinoic acid promotes second heart field addition and regulates ventral aorta patterning in zebrafish6
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Visualizing metabolic regulation using metabolic biosensors during sea urchin embryogenesis6
Leveraging chicken embryos for studying human enhancers6
Diacylglycerol, PKC and MAPK signaling initiate tubeworm metamorphosis in response to bacteria6
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Insulin-like growth factor receptor / mTOR signaling elevates global translation to accelerate zebrafish fin regenerative outgrowth6
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Unraveling the developmental heterogeneity of human retinal ganglion cells within the developing retina to study to the continuity of maturation6
Editorial: Bridging developmental biology and social justice to reclaim trust in science and society6
Zebrafish her3 knockout impacts developmental and cancer-related gene signatures6
A mouse model of meibomian gland hyperkeratinization-induced dry eye6
The localization and function of the moonlighting protein Clathrin during oocyte maturation6
Epithelial and mesenchymal compartments of the developing bladder and urethra display spatially distinct gene expression patterns6
DDX24 is required for muscle fiber organization and the suppression of wound-induced Wnt activity necessary for pole re-establishment during planarian regeneration6
Inter-growth cone communication mediated by planar cell polarity pathway in axon guidance6
There is no replacement for animal models in medical research6
SPIN-4/Spinster supports sperm activation in C. elegans via sphingosine-1-phosphate transport6
Tadpoles rely on mechanosensory stimuli for communication when visual capabilities are poor6
Reproductive adaptation of Astyanax mexicanus under nutrient limitation6
“Knock it Out” of the park: CMTR1-linked gastrulation failure reveals early sexual dimorphism in embryonic mice6
Why study human embryo development?6
Primitive means first, not worst: Critical roles for primitive endoderm in embryos and embryo models6
Two waves of adipogenesis in developing avian skin and dermal plasticity6
SWI/SNF ATPase Brahma and Notch signalling collaborate with CBP/p300 to regulate neural stem cell apoptosis in Drosophila larval central nervous system6
Got guts? The biomechanical secrets of chick foregut assembly6
Transcriptional profiling from whole embryos to single neuroblast lineages in Drosophila6
Communicating developmental biology - Gen Z takes the reins6
The IRE1/Xbp1 axis restores ER and tissue homeostasis perturbed by excess Notch in Drosophila6
Exosomal packaging directs unique Shh functions during neural plate development6
Claudin-3 in the non-neural ectoderm is essential for neural fold fusion in chicken embryos6
The development of thoracic and abdominal muscle depends on SDF1 and CXCR46
Introducing DevBioConnect: A new author webinar series from developmental biology6
The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-21 gene that encodes a palmitoyltransferase is necessary for spermiogenesis6
Mink1 regulates spemann organizer cell fate in the xenopus gastrula via Hmga26
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Formin Binding Protein 1 (FNBP1) regulates non-canonical Wnt signaling and vertebrate gastrulation5
Transcriptomics and chromatin accessibility signatures define the cervical-thoracic boundary along the vertebrate axis5
Fecundity is optimized by levels of nutrient signal-dependent expression of Dve and EcR in Drosophila male accessory gland5
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A CRISPR-Cas9-mediated versatile method for targeted integration of a fluorescent protein gene to visualize endogenous gene expression in Xenopus laevis5
Overexpression of potassium channel Kcna5 alters skeletal patterning in the zebrafish regenerating fin5
PRMT3 gene expression and methylation levels in arrested embryos: Implications for developmental arrest defects5
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Naturally occurring, rostrally conjoining chicken twins attempt to make a forebrain5
The transcription factor Capicua maintains the oocyte polarity in the panoistic ovary of the German cockroach5
Kevin Thiessen is reeling in the zebrafish community: 2023 SDB trainee science communication award5
Multiple roles of Pax6 in postnatal cornea development5
The roles of TGFβ and serotonin signaling in regulation of germline progenitors in adult C. elegans hermaphrodites revealed by the effects of a male pheromone5
Estrogen-related receptor is required in adult Drosophila females for germline stem cell maintenance5
Voltage-gated ion channel’s gene expression in the myocardium of embryo and adult chickens5
Off to a good start: The importance of the placental exchange surface – Lessons from the mouse5
Zic-r.b controls cell numbers in Ciona embryos by activating CDKN1B5
Complete persistence of the primary somatosensory system in zebrafish5
Introduction by DB's new Special Contents Editor5
“Teaching the biology of neurodiversity for social change”5
Post-gastrulation transition from whole-body to tissue-specific intercellular calcium signaling in the appendicularian tunicate Oikopleura dioica5
Injury-induced Neuregulin-EGFR signaling from muscle mobilizes stem cells for whole-body regeneration in acoels5
Preimplantation trophectoderm: A ‘quick-fix’ protector for embryo survival?5
The role of mechanosensor Piezo1 in bone homeostasis and mechanobiology5
The first lineage determination in mammals5
Deborah J. Andrew named Society for Developmental Biology's 2024 Lifetime Achievement award recipient5
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Centriolar defects underlie a primary ciliary dyskinesia phenotype in an adenylate kinase 7 deficient ciliated epithelium5
DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 12-like protein 1 (Dcaf12l1) is not essential for male fertility in mice5
Polar bodies serve as a landmark for anteroposterior axis formation in spiders5
Systemic positive feedback regulation of ecdysone biosynthesis via sugar metabolism in insects4
lmod2a mutations affect F-actin and SRF pathway leading to cardiac dysfunction in zebrafish4
Scarecrow, a homolog of mammalian Nkx2.1, regulates the temporal progression and glial differentiation of medulla neuroblasts for the optic lobe development in Drosophila melanogaster4
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R391 human dominant mutation does not affect TubB4b localization and sensory hair cells structure in zebrafish inner ear and lateral line4
Two C. elegans DM domain proteins, DMD-3 and MAB-3, function in late stages of male somatic gonad development4
Progressive modifications during evolution involving epigenetic changes have determined loss of regeneration mainly in terrestrial animals: A hypothesis4
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Stage-specific regulation of undifferentiated spermatogonia by AKT1S1-mediated AKT-mTORC1 signaling during mouse spermatogenesis4
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Genetic knockout suggests Isl1 enhancer redundancy in mouse hindlimb development4
Germline factors, TDRD and Piwi, colocalize with Vasa on the mitotic apparatus during the embryogenesis of the sea urchin4
The transcription factor optomotor-blind restricts apterous expression through TrxG and PcG genes4
Measuring transcription factor function with cell type-specific somatic transgenesis in chicken embryos4
HOXA5-driven transcriptional program in lung development4
Shh signaling directs dorsal ventral patterning in the regenerating X. tropicalis spinal cord4
Energy metabolism disorders during in vitro maturation of bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes interfere with blastocyst quality and metabolism4
Targeting the melanocytes of the inner ear: A comparison of different CreER lines4
Graded FGF activity patterns distinct cell types within the apical sensory organ of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis4
A niche for axial stem cells - A cellular perspective in amniotes4
Tbx1-dependent and independent pathways promote six gene expression downstream of retinoic acid signaling to determine cardiomyocyte number in zebrafish4
Victoria Deneke, Winner of 2022 SDB Trainee Science Communication Award4
At early stages of heart development, the first and second heart fields are a continuum of lateral head mesoderm-derived, cardiogenic cells4
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Myogenic regulatory factors Myod and Myf5 are required for dorsal aorta formation and angiogenic sprouting4
The yolk sac vasculature in early avian embryo provides a novel model for the analysis of cancer extravasation4
Resemblances in the early development of two sea urchins: Toxopneustes roseus (Euechinoidea: Echinacea) and Rhyncholampas pacificus (Euechinoidea: Irregularia) from different habitats in the southern 4
New insights into lumicrine secreted signalling that regulates the function of the mammalian male reproductive tract4
Temporal cell fate determination in the spinal cord is mediated by the duration of Notch signalling4
Generation of Hoxa11-3XFLAG and Hoxd11-3XFLAG alleles to investigate Hox11 genome-wide binding4
Beyond the heat shock pathway: Heat stress responses in Drosophila development4
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Oogenesis involves a novel nuclear envelop remodeling mechanism in Schmidtea mediterranea4
Segmental expression of two ecdysone pathway genes during embryogenesis of hemimetabolous insects4
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