Ever since their first report in 1984, Antennapedia-type homeobox (Hox) genes have been
involved in such a series of interesting observations, in particular due to their conserved …

During their vegetative growth, plants reiteratively produce leaves, buds, and internodes at
the apical end of the shoot. The identity of these organs changes as the shoot develops …

The metameric organization or segmentation of the body is a striking characteristic of many
animal species, including invertebrates such as arthropods or annelids as well as …

A key problem in development is to understand how genes turn on or off at the right place
and right time during embryogenesis. Such decisions are made by non-coding sequences …

Docking the tails of lambs in long-tailed sheep breeds is a common practice worldwide. But
this practice is associated with pain. Breeding for a shorter tail could offer an alternative …

Animals from all major clades have evolved a segmented trunk, reflected in the human spine
or the insect segments. These units emerge during embryogenesis from a posterior segment …

Notch-mediated lateral specification is a fundamental mechanism to resolve stochastic cell
fate choices by amplifying initial differences between equivalent cells. To study how …

Proper vertebrae formation relies on a tissue-wide oscillator called the segmentation clock.
Individual cellular oscillators in the presomitic mesoderm are modulated by intercellular …

Developing tissues are patterned in space and time; this enables them to differentiate their
cell types and form complex structures to support different body plans. Although space and …

This is a brief account of Turing's ideas on biological pattern and the events that led to their
wider acceptance by biologists as a valid way to investigate developmental pattern, and of …