Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive' it in a purely ...

The ZINC's primary activities would be to microinject RNA and DNA oligonucleotides or interference RNA into zebrafish embryos. The IACUC questioned how ZINC would handle certain situations ...

METHODS: That biological system is the Drosophila embryo, introduced to Gregor by another of his PhD advisors at Princeton, Eric Wieschaus, a developmental biologist. Gregor recognized that the ...

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

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Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Ashburn, Virginia, USA / Spatially isotropic whole-animal functional imaging of a behaving Drosophila larva labeled with a calcium ...

Confocal image of epithelial cells during dramatic tissue flows in the Drosophila embryo. Images of cells with overlaid triangles that were used to quantify anisotropy in the tissue. Disclaimer ...