Development

Papers
(The TQCC of Development is 9. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The people behind the papers – Stanley Strawbridge118
The Excursion117
Ernest Arenas (1962-2024): a legacy of advancing dopaminergic neurogenesis research108
The people behind the papers – Jake Turley86
In preprints: retinoic acid degradation and tissue stiffness coordinate axolotl limb regeneration67
Sall4 regulates posterior trunk mesoderm development by promoting mesodermal gene expression and repressing neural genes in the mesoderm59
Nutritional control of developmental processes55
Shared cis-regulatory modules control expression of the tandem paralogs midline and H15 in the follicular epithelium55
The people behind the papers – Agnès Roure and Sébastien Darras54
The people behind the papers – Yanmei Tao and Zhengdong Wei54
Adhesion strength, cell packing density and cell surface buckling in pericellular matrix-mediated tissue cohesion54
An interview with Meritxell (Meri) Huch53
In preprints: new insights into truncated radial glia47
The people behind the papers – Sun-Hee Hwang, Eric Brooks and Saikat Mukhopadhyay46
The Forest of Biologists – for biologists, for biology45
The people behind the papers – Abdul Kareem and Marcus Heisler43
Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse42
Plant development: from sessile to fertile42
Normal cell cycle progression requires negative regulation of E2F1 by Groucho during S phase and its relief at G2 phase42
Nup107 contributes to the maternal-to-zygotic transition by preventing the premature nuclear export of pri-miR42741
Aberrant centrosome biogenesis disrupts nephron and collecting duct progenitor growth and fate resulting in fibrocystic kidney disease39
PHLPP1 regulates CFTR activity and lumen expansion through AMPK39
Harnessing developmental cues for cardiomyocyte production38
Ccn2a-FGFR1-SHH signaling is necessary for intervertebral disc homeostasis and regeneration in adult zebrafish36
Frozen potential: embryo research at the crossroads of ethics, regulation and scientific opportunity36
MIG-23 is involved in sperm migration by modulating extracellular ATP levels in Ascaris suum36
Zasp52 strengthens whole embryo tissue integrity through supracellular actomyosin networks36
DIS3 ribonuclease regulates Sertoli cell development to support spermatogenesis in mice36
Quantitative videomicroscopy reveals latent control of cell-pair rotations in vivo36
PTEN regulates starburst amacrine cell dendrite morphology during development35
The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum35
The role of O-GlcNAcylation in development34
Drosophila embryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization34
The notochord: development, disease and stem cell-based modelling34
Basal cytoplasmic calcium levels regulate C. elegans germ stem cell proliferation33
Cdkn1c orchestrates a molecular network that regulates euploidy of male mouse germline stem cells33
Pten inhibition dedifferentiates long-distance axon-regenerating intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and upregulates mitochondria-associated Dynlt1a and Lars233
Csf1rb regulates definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish33
Single-cell transcriptional and functional analysis of dopaminergic neurons in organoid-like cultures derived from human fetal midbrain32
A new cell culture resource for investigations of reptilian gene function32
Destabilisation of bam transcripts terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation32
hnRNPH1 establishes Sertoli–germ cell crosstalk through cooperation with PTBP1 and AR, and is essential for male fertility in mice32
Approaches to benchmark and characterize in vitro human model systems32
Abscisic acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation32
Loss of the endoplasmic reticulum protein canopy 1 disrupts the function and circuit organization of V2R-expressing vomeronasal sensory neurons32
Cadherin adhesion complexes direct cell aggregation in the epithelial transition of Wnt-induced nephron progenitor cells31
Developmental single-cell atlas of coronary vessel growth and cardiomyocyte interaction in zebrafish31
HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples31
Cerebellum lineage allocation, morphogenesis and repair: impact of interplay amongst cells31
Transitions in development – an interview with Helen Willsey30
The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation30
FOXC1 and FOXC2 regulate growth plate chondrocyte maturation towards hypertrophy in the embryonic mouse limb skeleton30
MultiSite Assembly of Gateway Induced Clones (MAGIC): a flexible cloning toolbox for use in vertebrate model systems30
Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter30
Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos30
Patterning on the move: the effects of Hh morphogen source movement on signaling dynamics30
Transitions in development – an interview with Thibaut Brunet29
In preprints: shaping the developing human brain29
The people behind the papers – Julia Grzymkowski and Nanette Nascone-Yoder28
Hyperactive GNAQ in endothelial cells causes blood vessel malformation in developing mouse skin28
PBAF chromatin remodeler complexes that mediate meiotic transitions in mouse28
In preprints: shrinking boundary cells reveal fluid flux in organogenesis28
The people behind the papers – Fuyun Bian, Kimiasadat Golestaneh, Emily Davis and Abdullah Khan28
Sequential and additive expression of miR-9 precursors control timing of neurogenesis28
The people behind the papers – Yongjun Yin and David Ornitz28
Transitions in development – an interview with Peng Du28
Maf family transcription factors are required for nutrient uptake in the mouse neonatal gut28
Parallels between oncogene-driven cardiac hyperplasia and heart regeneration in zebrafish27
The H2Bub1-deposition complex is required for human and mouse cardiogenesis27
Circadian clock genes perform dual roles as systemic oscillators and context-dependent regulators27
Real-time monitoring of an endogenous Fgf8a gradient attests to its role as a morphogen during zebrafish gastrulation27
Modeling mammalian spermatogonial differentiation and meiotic initiationin vitro27
mBeRFP: a versatile fluorescent tool to enhance multichannel live imaging and its applications27
Mouse ICSI impairs fertility of male offspring by disruption of fetomaternal tolerance27
The activation of the mTOR pathway supports lysosome biogenesis in the sea urchin embryo26
The ratio of Wnt signaling activity to Sox2 transcription factor levels predicts neuromesodermal fate potential26
The impact of cell size on morphogen gradient precision26
Wnt7b expressed by hypertrophic chondrocytes is a stimulatory factor for endochondral ossification that is regulated by Smad4 activity26
The insulator BEAF32 controls the spatial-temporal expression profile of the telomeric retrotransposon TART in the Drosophila germline26
Pervasive homeobox gene function in the male-specific nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans26
Primate amnion development26
The ERM-1 membrane-binding domain directs erm-1 mRNA localization to the plasma membrane in the C. elegans 26
A lissencephaly-associated BAIAP2 variant causes defects in neuronal migration during brain development26
Destabilization of mRNAs enhances competence to initiate meiosis in mouse spermatogenic cells26
Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development25
Cell-autonomous control coupled with tissue context regulates the cessation of migration at the site of organ development25
Homologous recombination is essential for DNA damage-induced regeneration of Drosophila testis germline stem cells25
Microgel culture and spatial identity mapping elucidate the signalling requirements for primate epiblast and amnion formation25
Ribosome biogenesis and function in development and disease25
Disruption of placental ACKR3 impairs growth and hematopoietic development of offspring24
rasa1-related arteriovenous malformation is driven by aberrant venous signalling24
The people behind the papers – Vahid Zadmajid and Daniel Gorelick24
PPARG contributes to urothelial integrity in the murine ureter by activating the expression of Shh and superficial cell-specific genes24
PFN4 is required for manchette development and acrosome biogenesis during mouse spermiogenesis24
In preprints: an evo-devo approach integrates multicellular shape diversity and active surface mechanics24
TIE1-dependent lymphatic vascular remodeling is mediated by its second tyrosine kinase domain24
Dissecting planar and vertical organiser signals in early chick neural development24
Nuclear Factor Y controls nutrient-adaptive epithelial growth by regulating mTOR in the Drosophila midgut23
Contribution of vasculature to stem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana23
The people behind the papers – Alyshia Scholl, Yihong Liu and Geraldine Seydoux23
The people behind the papers – Bénédicte Marie Lefèvre and Michael Lang23
Microglia refine developing retinal astrocytic and vascular networks through the complement C3/C3aR axis23
The people behind the papers – Alfahdah Alsudayri and Lihua Ye23
Keeping up with the Node23
VitelloTag: a tool for high-throughput cargo delivery into oocytes23
The people behind the papers – Emily Bulger and Benoit Bruneau23
TOR signalling mediates the collective movement of border cells in Drosophila oogenesis23
Celsr1 suppresses Wnt5a-mediated chemoattraction to prevent incorrect rostral migration of facial branchiomotor neurons22
The people behind the papers – Matthew Fischer and Leslie Pick22
The Hox code responsible for the patterning of the anterior vertebrae in zebrafish22
Signalling pathway crosstalk stimulated by L-proline drives mouse embryonic stem cells to primitive-ectoderm-like cells22
Harnessing the murine inner cell mass mechanical environment enhances derivation of in vitro nascent primitive endoderm precursor cells22
ROS produced by Dual oxidase regulate cell proliferation and haemocyte migration during leg regeneration in the cricket22
The people behind the papers – Keiji Itoh and Sergei Sokol22
Hindbrain boundaries as niches of neural progenitor and stem cells regulated by the extracellular matrix proteoglycan chondroitin sulphate22
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
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Toshimichi Yamada22
A stage and anatomy ontology for embryogenesis in indirect-developing echinoderms22
Caenorhabditis elegans LET-381 and DMD-4 control development of the mesodermal HMC endothelial cell22
The choreography of development: RNA localization across time and space21
Dynamic de novo adipose tissue development during metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster21
The MEK-ERK signaling pathway promotes maintenance of cardiac chamber identity21
Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators21
Hemocytes are essential for Drosophila melanogaster post-embryonic development, independent of control of the microbiota21
Integrated single-cell multiomics uncovers foundational regulatory mechanisms of lens development and pathology21
The chromatin source-sink hypothesis: a shared mode of chromatin-mediated regulations21
A transit-amplifying progenitor with biphasic behavior contributes to epidermal renewal21
Advancing stem cell technologies for conservation of wildlife biodiversity21
Single-cell transcriptomics identifies new blood cell populations in Drosophila released at the onset of metamorphosis21
Cell-type-specific interacting proteins collaborate to regulate the timing of Cyclin B protein expression in male meiotic prophase21
An in vivo CRISPR screen in chick embryos reveals a role for MLLT3 in specification of neural cells from the caudal epiblast21
New wave theory21
GPR124 regulates murine brain embryonic angiogenesis and BBB formation by an intracellular domain-independent mechanism21
Cell division angle predicts the level of tissue mechanics that tune the amount of cerebellar folding21
Single-cell organogenesis captures complex breast tissue formation in three dimensions21
The people behind the papers – Jieqiong Zhao, Pengcheng Cai and Jianlong Ma21
In preprints: the extracellular matrix influences primordial germ cell behavior20
Transitions in development – an interview with Daniel Ríos Barrera20
Unlocking the potential of SY-stem cells20
The people behind the papers – Juan Yang and Xuanmao Chen20
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Clémentine Villeneuve20
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
The people behind the papers – Danielle Spitzer and Iswar Hariharan20
Development's 2023 Outstanding Paper Prize20
Transitions in development – an interview with Evgeny Kvon20
Wdr5 and Myc cooperate to regulate formation of neural crest stem cells19
Wnt9 directs zebrafish heart tube assembly via a combination of canonical and non-canonical pathway signaling19
In preprints: lifetime changes in leaf shape19
The people behind the papers – Chisa Shukunami, Shinsei Yambe and Kenta Sumiyama19
Pre-dauer starvation rapidly and reversibly reduces niche proliferative signaling to the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line19
The dynamics of tubulogenesis in development and disease19
Transitions in development – an interview with Kara McKinley19
In vivo profiling of the Zucchini proximal proteome in the Drosophila ovary19
Different temporal requirements for tartan and wingless in the formation of contractile interfaces at compartmental boundaries19
Correction: Tracking early mammalian organogenesis – prediction and validation of differentiation trajectories at whole organism scale19
E93 is indispensable for reproduction in ametabolous and hemimetabolous insects19
Conserved roles of ETT and ARF4 in gynoecium development in Brassicaceae with distinct fruit shapes19
BET activity plays an essential role in control of stem cell attributes in Xenopus19
Drosophila CTP synthase regulates collective cell migration by controlling the polarized endocytic cycle19
Direct force measurement and loading on developing tissues in intact avian embryos19
Generative model for the first cell fate bifurcation in mammalian development19
Lineage-based scaling of germline intercellular bridges during oogenesis19
Mesenchymal Wnts are required for morphogenetic movements of calvarial osteoblasts during apical expansion19
Confinement promotes nematic alignment of spindle-shaped cells during Drosophila embryogenesis19
The people behind the papers – Pablo González-Suárez and Margot Smit19
Toll receptors mediate tissue intrinsic surveillance against aberrant cells by detecting cell fate aberrations18
Cranium growth, patterning and homeostasis18
LATS1/2 control TGFB-directed epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in the murine dorsal cranial neuroepithelium through YAP regulation18
Excess dietary sugar impairs Drosophila adult stem cells via elevated reactive oxygen species-induced JNK signaling18
An inducible germ cell ablation chicken model for high-grade germline chimeras18
Tissue-specific RNA-seq defines genes governing male tail tip morphogenesis in C. elegans18
Notch signaling in neurogenesis18
Tubb4b is required for multi-ciliogenesis in the mouse18
Interaction of Gαi2 with EB1 controls microtubule dynamics and Rac1 activity in Xenopus neural crest cell migration18
Compensation of gene dosage on the mammalian X18
Mammalian DNA methylome dynamics: mechanisms, functions and new frontiers18
Suppression of YAP safeguards human naïve pluripotency18
The brain on time: links between development and neurodegeneration17
Ectodysplasin overexpression reveals spatiotemporally dynamic tooth formation competency in stickleback and zebrafish17
Evolution of the regulation of developmental gene expression in blind Mexican cavefish17
New year, new developments: a look back and a look ahead17
Hemidesmosomes and Notch signaling regulate epidermal differentiation via delamination17
A glial cell-derived pathway directs regenerating optic nerve axons toward the optic chiasm17
regeneration factors expressed on myeloid expression in macrophage-like cells is required for tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles17
The miR156 juvenility factor and PLETHORA 2 form a regulatory network and influence timing of meristem growth and lateral root emergence17
Adipose triglyceride lipase promotes prostaglandin-dependent actin remodeling by regulating substrate release from lipid droplets17
Actin-related protein T3 is required for acrosome biogenesis and sperm function in mice17
Multiple cis-regulatory elements control prox1a expression in distinct lymphatic vascular beds17
De novo PAM generation to reach initially inaccessible target sites for base editing17
NHR-23 activity is necessary for C. elegans developmental progression and apical extracellular matrix structure and function17
A conserved role of the Hippo signalling pathway in initiation of the first lineage specification event across mammals16
Exploring the principles of embryonic mammary gland branching morphogenesis16
PUF-8, a C. elegans ortholog of the RNA-binding proteins PUM1 and PUM2, is required for robustness of the cell death fate16
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Marcella Birtele16
egal-1 and microtubules promote regeneration polarity in planarians16
An ancient testis-specific IQ motif-containing H gene regulates specific transcript isoform expression during spermatogenesis16
Gibberellin and miRNA156-targeted SlSBP genes synergistically regulate tomato floral meristem determinacy and ovary patterning16
The RNA ligase RNA terminal phosphate cyclase B regulates mRNA alternative splicing and is required for mouse oocyte development and maintenance16
TMO5 regulates PIN1 polarity convergence and organogenesis downstream of MONOPTEROS in the Arabidopsis shoot16
Motor neurons in the tunicate caudal central nervous system reveal homology to the vertebrate spinal cord16
The people behind the papers – Justina Stark, Ivo Sbalzarini and Michael Brand16
Control of fate specification within the dorsal head of Drosophila melanogaster16
Dissecting pleiotropic functions of the wheat Green Revolution gene Rht-B1b in plant morphogenesis and yield formation16
Expanding the evo-devo toolkit: generation of 3D mammary tissue from diverse mammals16
A dual role for GLI3 signaling in neural crest development16
PLETHORA transcription factors promote early embryo development through induction of meristematic potential16
A renaissance for developmental biology driven by new in vitro platforms16
Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop16
The cell-adhesion molecule Echinoid promotes tissue survival and separately restricts tissue overgrowth16
Signals from the head and germinative region differentially regulate regeneration competence of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta16
Pivotal role of STIP in ovule pattern formation and female germline development in Arabidopsis thaliana15
Transitions in development – an interview with Alejandro Torres-Sánchez15
The DOT1L-MLLT10 complex regulates male fertility and promotes histone removal during spermiogenesis15
Abrupt-mediated control of ninjurins regulates Drosophila sessile haemocyte compartments15
Human developmental biology – a global perspective15
Sall1 and Sall4 cooperatively interact with Myocd and SRF to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation by regulating CDK and cyclin genes15
Competitive and non-competitive rules govern activity-dependent axon arbor development in vivo15
blf and the drl cluster synergistically regulate cell fate commitment during zebrafish primitive hematopoiesis15
Environmental and molecular control of tissue-specific ionocyte differentiation in zebrafish15
Cre recombinase microinjection for single-cell tracing and localised gene targeting15
Transplanted human intestinal organoids: a resource for modeling human intestinal development15
Rac1 and Nectin3 are essential for planar cell polarity-directed axon guidance in the peripheral auditory system15
Partial coupling of proliferation and differentiation programs during Caenorhabditis elegans intestine development15
An elastic proteinaceous envelope encapsulates the early Arabidopsis embryo15
The people behind the papers – Isidora Rovic and Andrea Jurisicova15
An end-to-end pipeline based on open source deep learning tools for reliable analysis of complex 3D images of ovaries15
In preprints: the genetic basis of the development and evolution of melanic pigmentation on butterfly wings15
A high-sugar diet, but not obesity, reduces female fertility in Drosophila melanogaster15
Constructive Critics: Development's approach to peer review15
Heterologous expression of a lycophyte protein enhances angiosperm seedling vigor15
The matrix glycoprotein Papilin maintains the haematopoietic progenitor pool in Drosophila lymph glands15
Induced regeneration of articular cartilage – identification of a dormant regeneration program for a non-regenerative tissue15
Development's 2024 Outstanding Paper Prize15
The people behind the papers – Taishi Fujimura and Isao Tamura15
Enhancer RNAs step forward: new insights into enhancer function15
Adaxial-abaxial bipolar leaf genes encode a putative cytokinin receptor and HD-Zip III, and control the formation of ectopic shoot meristems in rice14
ATAC-seq of low-input and cryopreserved primordial germ cells reveals functional enhancers14
Reelin differentially shapes dendrite morphology of medial entorhinal cortical ocean and island cells14
Nr4a1 modulates inflammation and heart regeneration in zebrafish14
Transitions in development – an interview with Amy Shyer and Alan Rodrigues14
The class VIII myosin ATM1 is required for root apical meristem function14
Temporally and regionally distinct morphogenetic processes govern zebrafish caudal fin blood vessel network expansion14
The hard truth about how hard it is to publish in Development14
A Rad50-null mutation in mouse germ cells causes reduced DSB formation, abnormal DSB end resection and complete loss of germ cells14
A method for stabilising the XX karyotype in female mESC cultures14
The people behind the papers – Zhainib Amir-Ugokwe and Kristy Red-Horse14
Cell state transitions: catch them if you can14
Differential proliferation regulates multi-tissue morphogenesis during embryonic axial extension: integrating viscous modeling and experimental approaches14
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