Development

Papers
(The median citation count of Development is 3. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The people behind the papers – Stanley Strawbridge145
The Excursion119
Shared cis-regulatory modules control expression of the tandem paralogs midline and H15 in the follicular epithelium110
Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter108
Approaches to benchmark and characterize in vitro human model systems105
PTEN regulates starburst amacrine cell dendrite morphology during development102
Aberrant centrosome biogenesis disrupts nephron and collecting duct progenitor growth and fate resulting in fibrocystic kidney disease72
Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos69
Zasp52 strengthens whole embryo tissue integrity through supracellular actomyosin networks61
A new cell culture resource for investigations of reptilian gene function55
In preprints: new insights into truncated radial glia54
Abscisic acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation52
Cdkn1c orchestrates a molecular network that regulates euploidy of male mouse germline stem cells50
Ernest Arenas (1962-2024): a legacy of advancing dopaminergic neurogenesis research49
Correction: Wt1 transcription factor impairs cardiomyocyte specification and drives a phenotypic switch from myocardium to epicardium48
The people behind the papers – Jake Turley48
In preprints: retinoic acid degradation and tissue stiffness coordinate axolotl limb regeneration48
Nutritional control of developmental processes46
Cerebellum lineage allocation, morphogenesis and repair: impact of interplay amongst cells43
Pten inhibition dedifferentiates long-distance axon-regenerating intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and upregulates mitochondria-associated Dynlt1a and Lars243
Developmental and evolutionary comparative analysis of a regulatory landscape in mouse and chicken42
The genetic basis of natural variation in the timing of vegetative phase change inArabidopsis thaliana40
Csf1rb regulates definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish40
The role of O-GlcNAcylation in development40
Nup107 contributes to the maternal-to-zygotic transition by preventing the premature nuclear export of pri-miR42740
FOXC1 and FOXC2 regulate growth plate chondrocyte maturation towards hypertrophy in the embryonic mouse limb skeleton40
Adhesion strength, cell packing density and cell surface buckling in pericellular matrix-mediated tissue cohesion39
The people behind the papers – Yanmei Tao and Zhengdong Wei39
An interview with Meritxell (Meri) Huch38
Single-cell transcriptional and functional analysis of dopaminergic neurons in organoid-like cultures derived from human fetal midbrain38
hnRNPH1 establishes Sertoli–germ cell crosstalk through cooperation with PTBP1 and AR, and is essential for male fertility in mice38
Ccn2a-FGFR1-SHH signaling is necessary for intervertebral disc homeostasis and regeneration in adult zebrafish36
Harnessing developmental cues for cardiomyocyte production36
Destabilisation of bam transcripts terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation36
Alignment of the cell long axis by unidirectional tension acts cooperatively with Wnt signalling to establish planar cell polarity35
The people behind the papers – Sun-Hee Hwang, Eric Brooks and Saikat Mukhopadhyay35
The people behind the papers – Agnès Roure and Sébastien Darras35
MultiSite Assembly of Gateway Induced Clones (MAGIC): a flexible cloning toolbox for use in vertebrate model systems34
The Forest of Biologists – for biologists, for biology34
Plant development: from sessile to fertile34
Sall4 regulates posterior trunk mesoderm development by promoting mesodermal gene expression and repressing neural genes in the mesoderm33
The people behind the papers – Abdul Kareem and Marcus Heisler33
Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse32
HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples32
Cadherin adhesion complexes direct cell aggregation in the epithelial transition of Wnt-induced nephron progenitor cells31
PHLPP1 regulates CFTR activity and lumen expansion through AMPK31
Normal cell cycle progression requires negative regulation of E2F1 by Groucho during S phase and its relief at G2 phase31
Drosophila embryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization31
DIS3 ribonuclease regulates Sertoli cell development to support spermatogenesis in mice31
The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum31
The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation31
Developmental single-cell atlas of coronary vessel growth and cardiomyocyte interaction in zebrafish31
Patterning on the move: the effects of Hh morphogen source movement on signaling dynamics30
MIG-23 is involved in sperm migration by modulating extracellular ATP levels in Ascaris suum30
Quantitative videomicroscopy reveals latent control of cell-pair rotations in vivo30
Frozen potential: embryo research at the crossroads of ethics, regulation and scientific opportunity30
Transitions in development – an interview with Thibaut Brunet29
In preprints: shaping the developing human brain29
PPARG contributes to urothelial integrity in the murine ureter by activating the expression of Shh and superficial cell-specific genes28
The people behind the papers – Yongjun Yin and David Ornitz28
In preprints: shrinking boundary cells reveal fluid flux in organogenesis28
Transitions in development – an interview with Peng Du28
The people behind the papers – Julia Grzymkowski and Nanette Nascone-Yoder28
In preprints: new insights into root stem cells and their diversity28
The ratio of Wnt signaling activity to Sox2 transcription factor levels predicts neuromesodermal fate potential27
SOX2 transcription factor binding and function27
The H2Bub1-deposition complex is required for human and mouse cardiogenesis27
Parallels between oncogene-driven cardiac hyperplasia and heart regeneration in zebrafish27
The people behind the papers – Fuyun Bian, Kimiasadat Golestaneh, Emily Davis and Abdullah Khan27
The insulator BEAF32 controls the spatial-temporal expression profile of the telomeric retrotransposon TART in the Drosophila germline27
Microgel culture and spatial identity mapping elucidate the signalling requirements for primate epiblast and amnion formation27
The extra-embryonic area opaca plays a role in positioning the primitive streak of the early chick embryo27
Wnt7b expressed by hypertrophic chondrocytes is a stimulatory factor for endochondral ossification that is regulated by Smad4 activity27
Modeling mammalian spermatogonial differentiation and meiotic initiationin vitro27
The ERM-1 membrane-binding domain directs erm-1 mRNA localization to the plasma membrane in the C. elegans 27
PBAF chromatin remodeler complexes that mediate meiotic transitions in mouse27
Circadian clock genes perform dual roles as systemic oscillators and context-dependent regulators27
Cell-autonomous control coupled with tissue context regulates the cessation of migration at the site of organ development26
Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development26
mBeRFP: a versatile fluorescent tool to enhance multichannel live imaging and its applications26
A lissencephaly-associated BAIAP2 variant causes defects in neuronal migration during brain development26
Primate amnion development26
The activation of the mTOR pathway supports lysosome biogenesis in the sea urchin embryo26
Maf family transcription factors are required for nutrient uptake in the mouse neonatal gut26
Hyperactive GNAQ in endothelial cells causes blood vessel malformation in developing mouse skin26
TIE1-dependent lymphatic vascular remodeling is mediated by its second tyrosine kinase domain26
Pervasive homeobox gene function in the male-specific nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans26
Real-time monitoring of an endogenous Fgf8a gradient attests to its role as a morphogen during zebrafish gastrulation26
Sequential and additive expression of miR-9 precursors control timing of neurogenesis26
rasa1-related arteriovenous malformation is driven by aberrant venous signalling25
Distinct spatiotemporal contribution of morphogenetic events and mechanical tissue coupling during Xenopus neural tube closure25
PFN4 is required for manchette development and acrosome biogenesis during mouse spermiogenesis25
Dynamic profiling and functional interpretation of histone lysine crotonylation and lactylation during neural development25
Prostate organogenesis25
Ribosome biogenesis and function in development and disease25
The impact of cell size on morphogen gradient precision24
Celsr1 suppresses Wnt5a-mediated chemoattraction to prevent incorrect rostral migration of facial branchiomotor neurons24
Destabilization of mRNAs enhances competence to initiate meiosis in mouse spermatogenic cells24
The people behind the papers – Vahid Zadmajid and Daniel Gorelick24
Disruption of placental ACKR3 impairs growth and hematopoietic development of offspring24
In preprints: an evo-devo approach integrates multicellular shape diversity and active surface mechanics24
The people behind the papers – Alyshia Scholl, Yihong Liu and Geraldine Seydoux23
TOR signalling mediates the collective movement of border cells in Drosophila oogenesis23
The people behind the papers – Jieqiong Zhao, Pengcheng Cai and Jianlong Ma23
Single-cell transcriptomics identifies new blood cell populations in Drosophila released at the onset of metamorphosis23
The people behind the papers – Alfahdah Alsudayri and Lihua Ye23
The people behind the papers – Bénédicte Marie Lefèvre and Michael Lang23
Single-cell organogenesis captures complex breast tissue formation in three dimensions23
The people behind the papers – Emily Bulger and Benoit Bruneau23
Keeping up with the Node23
The Hox code responsible for the patterning of the anterior vertebrae in zebrafish23
New wave theory23
Compensatory action of different types of cis -regulatory elements buffers the striped expression of Drosophila 22
Correction: Single-cell organogenesis captures complex breast tissue formation in three dimensions22
Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators22
A transit-amplifying progenitor with biphasic behavior contributes to epidermal renewal22
ROS produced by Dual oxidase regulate cell proliferation and haemocyte migration during leg regeneration in the cricket22
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Toshimichi Yamada22
VitelloTag: a tool for high-throughput cargo delivery into oocytes22
Contribution of vasculature to stem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana22
Cell division angle predicts the level of tissue mechanics that tune the amount of cerebellar folding22
The people behind the papers – Matthew Fischer and Leslie Pick22
The people behind the papers – Keiji Itoh and Sergei Sokol22
A stage and anatomy ontology for embryogenesis in indirect-developing echinoderms22
GPR124 regulates murine brain embryonic angiogenesis and BBB formation by an intracellular domain-independent mechanism22
Advancing stem cell technologies for conservation of wildlife biodiversity21
Normal Table of Xenopus development: a new graphical resource21
Signalling pathway crosstalk stimulated by L-proline drives mouse embryonic stem cells to primitive-ectoderm-like cells21
Caenorhabditis elegans LET-381 and DMD-4 control development of the mesodermal HMC endothelial cell21
The chromatin source-sink hypothesis: a shared mode of chromatin-mediated regulations21
Cell-type-specific interacting proteins collaborate to regulate the timing of Cyclin B protein expression in male meiotic prophase21
Wnt9 directs zebrafish heart tube assembly via a combination of canonical and non-canonical pathway signaling21
An in vivo CRISPR screen in chick embryos reveals a role for MLLT3 in specification of neural cells from the caudal epiblast21
The MEK-ERK signaling pathway promotes maintenance of cardiac chamber identity21
Hemocytes are essential for Drosophila melanogaster post-embryonic development, independent of control of the microbiota21
Dynamic de novo adipose tissue development during metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster21
In preprints: the extracellular matrix influences primordial germ cell behavior21
Hindbrain boundaries as niches of neural progenitor and stem cells regulated by the extracellular matrix proteoglycan chondroitin sulphate21
Microglia refine developing retinal astrocytic and vascular networks through the complement C3/C3aR axis21
Integrated single-cell multiomics uncovers foundational regulatory mechanisms of lens development and pathology21
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Clémentine Villeneuve20
Conserved roles of ETT and ARF4 in gynoecium development in Brassicaceae with distinct fruit shapes20
Development's 2023 Outstanding Paper Prize20
Transitions in development – an interview with Evgeny Kvon20
Cranium growth, patterning and homeostasis20
The people behind the papers – Danielle Spitzer and Iswar Hariharan20
Transitions in development – an interview with Daniel Ríos Barrera20
The people behind the papers – Juan Yang and Xuanmao Chen20
Transitions in development – an interview with Kara McKinley20
Mammalian DNA methylome dynamics: mechanisms, functions and new frontiers20
Transitions in development – an interview with Salah Elias20
Correction: Transcriptional dynamics during karyogamy in rice zygotes20
A comparative analysis of TonEBP conditional knockout mouse models reveals inter-dependency between compartments of the intervertebral disc20
Drosophila CTP synthase regulates collective cell migration by controlling the polarized endocytic cycle20
Unlocking the potential of SY-stem cells20
Confinement promotes nematic alignment of spindle-shaped cells during Drosophila embryogenesis19
Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line19
In preprints: lifetime changes in leaf shape19
Actin-related protein T3 is required for acrosome biogenesis and sperm function in mice19
Excess dietary sugar impairs Drosophila adult stem cells via elevated reactive oxygen species-induced JNK signaling19
Generative model for the first cell fate bifurcation in mammalian development19
Suppression of YAP safeguards human naïve pluripotency19
A glial cell-derived pathway directs regenerating optic nerve axons toward the optic chiasm19
Correction: Tracking early mammalian organogenesis – prediction and validation of differentiation trajectories at whole organism scale19
Multiple cis-regulatory elements control prox1a expression in distinct lymphatic vascular beds19
E93 is indispensable for reproduction in ametabolous and hemimetabolous insects19
Direct force measurement and loading on developing tissues in intact avian embryos19
Wdr5 and Myc cooperate to regulate formation of neural crest stem cells19
Mesenchymal Wnts are required for morphogenetic movements of calvarial osteoblasts during apical expansion18
Hemidesmosomes and Notch signaling regulate epidermal differentiation via delamination18
The brain on time: links between development and neurodegeneration18
Notch signaling in neurogenesis18
Loss of perinuclear theca ACTRT1 causes acrosome detachment and severe male subfertility in mice18
Toll receptors mediate tissue intrinsic surveillance against aberrant cells by detecting cell fate aberrations18
BET activity plays an essential role in control of stem cell attributes in Xenopus18
Tubb4b is required for multi-ciliogenesis in the mouse18
The dynamics of tubulogenesis in development and disease18
LATS1/2 control TGFB-directed epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in the murine dorsal cranial neuroepithelium through YAP regulation18
An inducible germ cell ablation chicken model for high-grade germline chimeras18
Different temporal requirements for tartan and wingless in the formation of contractile interfaces at compartmental boundaries18
In vivo profiling of the Zucchini proximal proteome in the Drosophila ovary18
Systematic expression profiling of Dpr and DIP genes reveals cell surface codes in Drosophila larval motor and sensory neurons18
Tissue-specific RNA-seq defines genes governing male tail tip morphogenesis in C. elegans18
Compensation of gene dosage on the mammalian X18
Lineage-based scaling of germline intercellular bridges during oogenesis18
Interaction of Gαi2 with EB1 controls microtubule dynamics and Rac1 activity in Xenopus neural crest cell migration18
An ancient testis-specific IQ motif-containing H gene regulates specific transcript isoform expression during spermatogenesis17
PUF-8, a C. elegans ortholog of the RNA-binding proteins PUM1 and PUM2, is required for robustness of the cell death fate17
The miR156 juvenility factor and PLETHORA 2 form a regulatory network and influence timing of meristem growth and lateral root emergence17
Exploring the principles of embryonic mammary gland branching morphogenesis17
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Marcella Birtele17
regeneration factors expressed on myeloid expression in macrophage-like cells is required for tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles17
egal-1 and microtubules promote regeneration polarity in planarians17
Control of fate specification within the dorsal head of Drosophila melanogaster17
The cellular function of ROP GTPase prenylation is important for multicellularity in the moss Physcomitrium patens17
Enhancer RNAs step forward: new insights into enhancer function17
New year, new developments: a look back and a look ahead17
The people behind the papers – Justina Stark, Ivo Sbalzarini and Michael Brand17
Ectodysplasin overexpression reveals spatiotemporally dynamic tooth formation competency in stickleback and zebrafish17
The DOT1L-MLLT10 complex regulates male fertility and promotes histone removal during spermiogenesis17
Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop17
Pivotal role of STIP in ovule pattern formation and female germline development in Arabidopsis thaliana17
A renaissance for developmental biology driven by new in vitro platforms17
The cell-adhesion molecule Echinoid promotes tissue survival and separately restricts tissue overgrowth17
blf and the drl cluster synergistically regulate cell fate commitment during zebrafish primitive hematopoiesis16
Orb-dependent polyadenylation contributes to PLP expression and centrosome scaffold assembly16
Evolution of the regulation of developmental gene expression in blind Mexican cavefish16
De novo PAM generation to reach initially inaccessible target sites for base editing16
TMO5 regulates PIN1 polarity convergence and organogenesis downstream of MONOPTEROS in the Arabidopsis shoot16
Gibberellin and miRNA156-targeted SlSBP genes synergistically regulate tomato floral meristem determinacy and ovary patterning16
Transplanted human intestinal organoids: a resource for modeling human intestinal development16
The RNA ligase RNA terminal phosphate cyclase B regulates mRNA alternative splicing and is required for mouse oocyte development and maintenance16
Sall1 and Sall4 cooperatively interact with Myocd and SRF to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation by regulating CDK and cyclin genes16
A conserved role of the Hippo signalling pathway in initiation of the first lineage specification event across mammals16
PLETHORA transcription factors promote early embryo development through induction of meristematic potential16
Environmental and molecular control of tissue-specific ionocyte differentiation in zebrafish16
An end-to-end pipeline based on open source deep learning tools for reliable analysis of complex 3D images of ovaries16
Dissecting pleiotropic functions of the wheat Green Revolution gene Rht-B1b in plant morphogenesis and yield formation16
A high-sugar diet, but not obesity, reduces female fertility in Drosophila melanogaster16
Motor neurons in the tunicate caudal central nervous system reveal homology to the vertebrate spinal cord16
The people behind the papers – Taishi Fujimura and Isao Tamura16
Transitions in development – an interview with Alejandro Torres-Sánchez16
Signals from the head and germinative region differentially regulate regeneration competence of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta16
Adipose triglyceride lipase promotes prostaglandin-dependent actin remodeling by regulating substrate release from lipid droplets16
Cre recombinase microinjection for single-cell tracing and localised gene targeting16
A dual role for GLI3 signaling in neural crest development16
Expanding the evo-devo toolkit: generation of 3D mammary tissue from diverse mammals16
NHR-23 activity is necessary for C. elegans developmental progression and apical extracellular matrix structure and function16
Transitions in development – an interview with Amy Shyer and Alan Rodrigues15
The people behind the papers – Alexandre Dumoulin and Esther Stoeckli15
Human stem cell models to study placode development, function and pathology15
Modeling development using hydrogels15
Differential proliferation regulates multi-tissue morphogenesis during embryonic axial extension: integrating viscous modeling and experimental approaches15
The people behind the papers – Isidora Rovic and Andrea Jurisicova15
The people behind the papers – Wendy Duan and Meghan Riddell15
An interview with Mayssa Mokalled15
The people behind the papers – Alicia Boyd and Elaine Seaver15
Partial coupling of proliferation and differentiation programs during Caenorhabditis elegans intestine development15
Cell state transitions: catch them if you can15
A method for stabilising the XX karyotype in female mESC cultures15
The people behind the papers – Masahito Irie, Fumitoshi Ishino and Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino15
The people behind the papers – Jonas Malkmus, Rushikesh Sheth and Rolf Zeller15
Correction: A single-plasmid approach for genome editing coupled with long-term lineage analysis in chick embryos15
The matrix glycoprotein Papilin maintains the haematopoietic progenitor pool in Drosophila lymph glands15
Abrupt-mediated control of ninjurins regulates Drosophila sessile haemocyte compartments15
Y box-binding protein 1 regulates zebrafish folliculogenesis partly through p21-mediated control of follicle cell proliferation15
Collective signalling drives rapid jumping between cell states15
Constructive Critics: Development's approach to peer review15
The fetal lineage is susceptible to Zika virus infection within days of fertilization15
Heme-deficient primitive red blood cells induce HSPC ferroptosis by altering iron homeostasis during zebrafish embryogenesis14
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