Abstract: During early development, the chorion envelope of the zebrafish embryo undergoes a thinning process called "chorion softening," which has so far only been characterized chemically. In this ...

Parthenogenetic (PA) embryos contain exclusively maternal genomes and have been used extensively to study epigenetic profiles and determine the expression patterns of imprinted genes in human diseases ...

The film "Reproduction Among Mammals" provides a detailed overview of the reproductive processes in mammals, particularly focusing on pigs. It describes the development of sperm in the testes, their ...

Diagram of early human embryonic development Diagram of early human embryonic development. Human embryogenesis. Ovulation. Oocyte, Fertilization, Zygote, 2-cell, 4-cell, 6-cell, 8-cell, 16-cell stage, ...

Life on Earth may have developed the ability to form embryos even before it grew the very first animals. A single-celled organism that lives burrowed in the muck beneath shallow seas bears a startling ...

In an incredibly inhospitable lake, scientists have discovered a new tiny species that forms huge colonies. These strange creatures have an unusual relationship with other microbes and could even ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the ever-changing workforce and leadership. Research consistently shows that career development is the most ...

Middle-income countries—home today to 6 billion people—are in a race against time. Since the 1990s, many of them have done well enough to escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty, ...

While blastula stage embryonic stem cells lose their pluripotency and become confined to distinct cell types fairly rapidly as an embryo develops, neural crest cells hold onto the molecular toolkit ...

Joint statement by the leaders of: African Development Bank (AfDB); Asian Development Bank (ADB); Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB); European Bank ...

University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. University of Cape Town provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. Development finance is the invisible glue ...

Neil G Sipe has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Infill development is an increasingly hot topic in Australian cities. It involves building on unused or underutilised land within ...