"This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla"--Volume 1, page [4] of cover. Vol. 1. Introduction, ...

Developmental biology has come of age / Donald D. Brown -- Expression and developmental regulation of the maize Spm transposable element / J.A. Banks, P. Masson and N.V. Fedoroff -- Chicken antibody ...

Ciliates represent a remarkably diverse group of unicellular eukaryotes that possess a dual nuclear organisation—a germline micronucleus and a somatic macronucleus—that underpins their extraordinary ...

Evolutionary biology explores how living systems change over time through variation, inheritance and differential success. At its heart lies the concept of descent with modification: populations ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...

Growing up, you probably changed your style based on your social influences. It turns out, such pressures affect the appearance of young clownfish (anemonefish) too. A new study from the Okinawa ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a crucial developmental process in the brain's hypothalamus may influence how susceptible individuals are to obesity. Their ...