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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
The functional specificity of ERECTA-family receptors in Arabidopsis stomatal development is ensured by molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum127
Quantitative videomicroscopy reveals latent control of cell-pair rotations in vivo116
Aberrant centrosome biogenesis disrupts nephron and collecting duct progenitor growth and fate resulting in fibrocystic kidney disease94
The Excursion89
Ccn2a-FGFR1-SHH signaling is necessary for intervertebral disc homeostasis and regeneration in adult zebrafish81
Interplay of SHH, WNT and BMP4 signaling regulates the development of the lamina propria in the murine ureter81
The people behind the papers – Stanley Strawbridge80
Shared cis-regulatory modules control expression of the tandem paralogs midline and H15 in the follicular epithelium73
The people behind the papers – Ya Min, Stephanie Conway and Elena Kramer72
FOXC1 and FOXC2 regulate growth plate chondrocyte maturation towards hypertrophy in the embryonic mouse limb skeleton70
Approaches to benchmark and characterize in vitro human model systems68
Testosterone acts through the membrane protein GPRC6A to cause cardiac edema in zebrafish embryos66
Biased precursor ingression underlies the center-to-pole pattern of male sex determination in mouse63
Cerebellum lineage allocation, morphogenesis and repair: impact of interplay amongst cells57
The role of O-GlcNAcylation in development49
Sall4 regulates posterior trunk mesoderm development by promoting mesodermal gene expression and repressing neural genes in the mesoderm48
hnRNPH1 establishes Sertoli–germ cell crosstalk through cooperation with PTBP1 and AR, and is essential for male fertility in mice48
HCR spectral imaging: 10-plex, quantitative, high-resolution RNA and protein imaging in highly autofluorescent samples47
Abscisic acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation44
The people behind the papers – Yanmei Tao and Zhengdong Wei44
Adhesion strength, cell packing density and cell surface buckling in pericellular matrix-mediated tissue cohesion44
In preprints: new insights into truncated radial glia44
The Forest of Biologists – for biologists, for biology40
The people behind the papers – Jake Turley40
Correction: Wt1 transcription factor impairs cardiomyocyte specification and drives a phenotypic switch from myocardium to epicardium39
Nup107 contributes to the maternal-to-zygotic transition by preventing the premature nuclear export of pri-miR42739
PHLPP1 regulates CFTR activity and lumen expansion through AMPK39
Nutritional control of developmental processes38
The AKT1-FOXO4 axis reciprocally regulates hemochorial placentation38
Normal cell cycle progression requires negative regulation of E2F1 by Groucho during S phase and its relief at G2 phase38
In preprints: retinoic acid degradation and tissue stiffness coordinate axolotl limb regeneration37
Cdkn1c orchestrates a molecular network that regulates euploidy of male mouse germline stem cells36
The people behind the papers – Kelsey Brooks and Shawn Chavez36
MIG-23 is involved in sperm migration by modulating extracellular ATP levels in Ascaris suum35
Ernest Arenas (1962-2024): a legacy of advancing dopaminergic neurogenesis research34
Cadherin adhesion complexes direct cell aggregation in the epithelial transition of Wnt-induced nephron progenitor cells34
Destabilisation of bam transcripts terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation34
Notch-dependent DNAcis-regulatory elements and their dose-dependent control ofC. elegansstem cell self-renewal34
Developmental and evolutionary comparative analysis of a regulatory landscape in mouse and chicken33
Harnessing developmental cues for cardiomyocyte production33
Frozen potential: embryo research at the crossroads of ethics, regulation and scientific opportunity33
Drosophilaembryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization33
A new cell culture resource for investigations of reptilian gene function33
Patterning on the move: the effects of Hh morphogen source movement on signaling dynamics32
A low-sugar diet enhancesDrosophilabody size in males and females via sex-specific mechanisms32
Pten inhibition dedifferentiates long-distance axon-regenerating intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells and upregulates mitochondria-associated Dynlt1a and Lars232
Zasp52 strengthens whole embryo tissue integrity through supracellular actomyosin networks31
Alignment of the cell long axis by unidirectional tension acts cooperatively with Wnt signalling to establish planar cell polarity31
Pervasive homeobox gene function in the male-specific nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans31
Single-cell transcriptional and functional analysis of dopaminergic neurons in organoid-like cultures derived from human fetal midbrain31
The genetic basis of natural variation in the timing of vegetative phase change inArabidopsis thaliana31
Prostate organogenesis31
PBAF chromatin remodeler complexes that mediate meiotic transitions in mouse31
Csf1rb regulates definitive hematopoiesis in zebrafish31
Wnt7b expressed by hypertrophic chondrocytes is a stimulatory factor for endochondral ossification that is regulated by Smad4 activity31
Supracellular actomyosin assemblies: master coordinators of development30
Single-cell genomics revolutionizes plant development studies across scales30
SOX2 transcription factor binding and function30
Maf family transcription factors are required for nutrient uptake in the mouse neonatal gut30
The extra-embryonic area opaca plays a role in positioning the primitive streak of the early chick embryo30
The insulator BEAF32 controls the spatial-temporal expression profile of the telomeric retrotransposon TART in the Drosophila germline29
A lissencephaly-associated BAIAP2 variant causes defects in neuronal migration during brain development29
The Blimp-1 transcription factor acts in non-neuronal cells to regulate terminal differentiation of the Drosophila eye29
The ERM-1 membrane-binding domain directs erm-1 mRNA localization to the plasma membrane in the C. elegans embryo29
Modeling mammalian spermatogonial differentiation and meiotic initiationin vitro29
TIE1-dependent lymphatic vascular remodeling is mediated by its second tyrosine kinase domain29
Insights into the role of immune cells in development and regeneration28
The people behind the papers – Yongjun Yin and David Ornitz28
Transitions in development – an interview with Thibaut Brunet28
In preprints: new insights into root stem cells and their diversity28
In preprints: shaping the developing human brain28
Transitions in development – an interview with Peng Du28
Distinct spatiotemporal contribution of morphogenetic events and mechanical tissue coupling during Xenopus neural tube closure27
In preprints: shrinking boundary cells reveal fluid flux in organogenesis27
An interview with Scott Fraser27
Single-cell reconstruction with spatial context of migrating neural crest cells and their microenvironments during vertebrate head and neck formation27
The people behind the papers – Julia Grzymkowski and Nanette Nascone-Yoder27
Microgel culture and spatial identity mapping elucidate the signalling requirements for primate epiblast and amnion formation27
PPARG contributes to urothelial integrity in the murine ureter by activating the expression of Shh and superficial cell-specific genes27
Multi-view confocal microscopy enables multiple organ and whole organism live-imaging27
Real-time monitoring of an endogenous Fgf8a gradient attests to its role as a morphogen during zebrafish gastrulation26
Destabilization of mRNAs enhances competence to initiate meiosis in mouse spermatogenic cells26
rasa1-related arteriovenous malformation is driven by aberrant venous signalling26
The H2Bub1-deposition complex is required for human and mouse cardiogenesis26
PFN4 is required for manchette development and acrosome biogenesis during mouse spermiogenesis26
mBeRFP: a versatile fluorescent tool to enhance multichannel live imaging and its applications26
Transitions in development – an interview with Antonio Scialdone26
Huntingtin CAG expansion impairs germ layer patterning in synthetic human 2D gastruloids through polarity defects25
Ribosome biogenesis and function in development and disease25
Sequential and additive expression of miR-9 precursors control timing of neurogenesis25
The impact of cell size on morphogen gradient precision25
Dynamic profiling and functional interpretation of histone lysine crotonylation and lactylation during neural development24
Celsr1 suppresses Wnt5a-mediated chemoattraction to prevent incorrect rostral migration of facial branchiomotor neurons24
Parallels between oncogene-driven cardiac hyperplasia and heart regeneration in zebrafish24
The people behind the papers – Vahid Zadmajid and Daniel Gorelick24
Circadian clock genes perform dual roles as systemic oscillators and context-dependent regulators24
In preprints: an evo-devo approach integrates multicellular shape diversity and active surface mechanics24
Signalling pathway crosstalk stimulated by L-proline drives mouse embryonic stem cells to primitive-ectoderm-like cells23
Cell division angle predicts the level of tissue mechanics that tune the amount of cerebellar folding23
New wave theory23
Oxygen-sensing mechanisms in development and tissue repair23
The chromatin source-sink hypothesis: a shared mode of chromatin-mediated regulations23
Disruption of placental ACKR3 impairs growth and hematopoietic development of offspring23
An in vivo CRISPR screen in chick embryos reveals a role for MLLT3 in specification of neural cells from the caudal epiblast23
Cell-type-specific interacting proteins collaborate to regulate the timing of Cyclin B protein expression in male meiotic prophase22
Galectin-3 promotes the adipogenic differentiation of PDGFRα+ cells and ectopic fat formation in regenerating muscle22
Anatomy and development of the pectoral fin vascular network in the zebrafish22
The people behind the papers – Bénédicte Marie Lefèvre and Michael Lang22
A Drosophila toolkit for HA-tagged proteins unveils a block in autophagy flux in the last instar larval fat body22
The people behind the papers – Emily Bulger and Benoit Bruneau22
The people behind the papers – Alfahdah Alsudayri and Lihua Ye22
The people behind the papers – Alyshia Scholl, Yihong Liu and Geraldine Seydoux22
The MEK-ERK signaling pathway promotes maintenance of cardiac chamber identity22
Single-cell organogenesis captures complex breast tissue formation in three dimensions22
Contribution of vasculature to stem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana22
Keeping up with the Node22
TOR signalling mediates the collective movement of border cells in Drosophila oogenesis22
Caenorhabditis elegans LET-381 and DMD-4 control development of the mesodermal HMC endothelial cell22
A transit-amplifying progenitor with biphasic behavior contributes to epidermal renewal21
Advancing stem cell technologies for conservation of wildlife biodiversity21
Pleiotropy of autism-associated chromatin regulators21
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Toshimichi Yamada21
Traip controls mushroom body size by suppressing mitotic defects21
Cell-cell communication through FGF4 generates and maintains robust proportions of differentiated cell types in embryonic stem cells21
Hemocytes are essential for Drosophila melanogaster post-embryonic development, independent of control of the microbiota21
The people behind the papers – Keiji Itoh and Sergei Sokol21
Microglia refine developing retinal astrocytic and vascular networks through the complement C3/C3aR axis21
Normal Table of Xenopus development: a new graphical resource21
Dynamic de novo adipose tissue development during metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster21
VitelloTag: a tool for high-throughput cargo delivery into oocytes21
Hindbrain boundaries as niches of neural progenitor and stem cells regulated by the extracellular matrix proteoglycan chondroitin sulphate21
GPR124 regulates murine brain embryonic angiogenesis and BBB formation by an intracellular domain-independent mechanism20
Tubb4b is required for multi-ciliogenesis in the mouse20
Conserved roles of ETT and ARF4 in gynoecium development in Brassicaceae with distinct fruit shapes20
The Hox code responsible for the patterning of the anterior vertebrae in zebrafish20
Development's 2023 Outstanding Paper Prize20
A comparative analysis of TonEBP conditional knockout mouse models reveals inter-dependency between compartments of the intervertebral disc20
Correction: Transcriptional dynamics during karyogamy in rice zygotes20
Single-cell transcriptomics identifies new blood cell populations in Drosophila released at the onset of metamorphosis20
Quantitative live imaging of floral organ initiation and floral meristem termination in Aquilegia20
Transitions in development – an interview with Daniel Ríos Barrera20
Tissue-specific RNA-seq defines genes governing male tail tip morphogenesis in C. elegans20
In preprints: lifetime changes in leaf shape20
In vivo profiling of the Zucchini proximal proteome in the Drosophila ovary20
Integrated single-cell multiomics uncovers foundational regulatory mechanisms of lens development and pathology20
The dynamics of tubulogenesis in development and disease20
FOXP4 differentially controls cold-induced beige adipocyte differentiation and thermogenesis20
The people behind the papers – Juan Yang and Xuanmao Chen20
Unlocking the potential of SY-stem cells20
Excess dietary sugar impairs Drosophila adult stem cells via elevated reactive oxygen species-induced JNK signaling20
Mesenchymal Wnts are required for morphogenetic movements of calvarial osteoblasts during apical expansion19
Transitions in development – an interview with Salah Elias19
Confinement promotes nematic alignment of spindle-shaped cells during Drosophila embryogenesis19
BET activity plays an essential role in control of stem cell attributes in Xenopus19
The people behind the papers – Dennis de Bakker, Mara Bouwman and Jeroen Bakkers19
Interaction of Gαi2 with EB1 controls microtubule dynamics and Rac1 activity in Xenopus neural crest cell migration19
Drosophila CTP synthase regulates collective cell migration by controlling the polarized endocytic cycle19
Transitions in development – an interview with Evgeny Kvon19
Wnt9 directs zebrafish heart tube assembly via a combination of canonical and non-canonical pathway signaling19
Elevated numbers of infiltrating eosinophils accelerate the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology in mdx mice19
Transitions in development – an interview with Kara McKinley19
Lineage-based scaling of germline intercellular bridges during oogenesis19
Different temporal requirements for tartan and wingless in the formation of contractile interfaces at compartmental boundaries18
E93 is indispensable for reproduction in ametabolous and hemimetabolous insects18
Generative model for the first cell fate bifurcation in mammalian development18
Compensation of gene dosage on the mammalian X18
Mammalian DNA methylome dynamics: mechanisms, functions and new frontiers18
Loss of perinuclear theca ACTRT1 causes acrosome detachment and severe male subfertility in mice18
Cranium growth, patterning and homeostasis18
Correction: Zebrafish dazl regulates cystogenesis and germline stem cell specification during the primordial germ cell to germline stem cell transition18
Msl3 promotes germline stem cell differentiation in female Drosophila18
Reduction of cortical parvalbumin-expressing GABAergic interneurons in a rodent hyperoxia model of preterm birth brain injury with deficits in social behavior and cognition18
FAM71F1 binds to RAB2A and RAB2B and is essential for acrosome formation and male fertility in mice18
The brain on time: links between development and neurodegeneration18
Direct force measurement and loading on developing tissues in intact avian embryos18
Notch signaling in neurogenesis18
In preprints: the extracellular matrix influences primordial germ cell behavior18
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Clémentine Villeneuve18
The people behind the papers – Danielle Spitzer and Iswar Hariharan18
Multiple cis-regulatory elements control prox1a expression in distinct lymphatic vascular beds18
An inducible germ cell ablation chicken model for high-grade germline chimeras18
Suppression of YAP safeguards human naïve pluripotency18
LATS1/2 control TGFB-directed epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in the murine dorsal cranial neuroepithelium through YAP regulation18
Epha1 is a cell-surface marker for the neuromesodermal competent population18
Systematic expression profiling of Dpr and DIP genes reveals cell surface codes in Drosophila larval motor and sensory neurons17
The RNA ligase RNA terminal phosphate cyclase B regulates mRNA alternative splicing and is required for mouse oocyte development and maintenance17
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 mammals17
Orb-dependent polyadenylation contributes to PLP expression and centrosome scaffold assembly17
An ancient testis-specific IQ motif-containing H gene regulates specific transcript isoform expression during spermatogenesis17
A renaissance for developmental biology driven by new in vitro platforms17
Cleaved Delta like 1 intracellular domain regulates neural development via Notch signal-dependent and -independent pathways17
The people behind the papers – Justina Stark, Ivo Sbalzarini and Michael Brand17
De novo PAM generation to reach initially inaccessible target sites for base editing17
PUF-8, a C. elegans ortholog of the RNA-binding proteins PUM1 and PUM2, is required for robustness of the cell death fate17
Pathway to Independence – an interview with Marcella Birtele17
The miR156 juvenility factor and PLETHORA 2 form a regulatory network and influence timing of meristem growth and lateral root emergence17
regeneration factors expressed on myeloid expression in macrophage-like cells is required for tail regeneration in Xenopus laevis tadpoles17
New year, new developments: a look back and a look ahead17
The DOT1L-MLLT10 complex regulates male fertility and promotes histone removal during spermiogenesis17
IL7Rα, but not Flk2, is required for hematopoietic stem cell reconstitution of tissue-resident lymphoid cells16
Enhancer RNAs step forward: new insights into enhancer function16
An end-to-end pipeline based on open source deep learning tools for reliable analysis of complex 3D images of ovaries16
Ectodysplasin overexpression reveals spatiotemporally dynamic tooth formation competency in stickleback and zebrafish16
Motor neurons in the tunicate caudal central nervous system reveal homology to the vertebrate spinal cord16
Expanding the evo-devo toolkit: generation of 3D mammary tissue from diverse mammals16
Gibberellin and miRNA156-targeted SlSBP genes synergistically regulate tomato floral meristem determinacy and ovary patterning16
Pivotal role of STIP in ovule pattern formation and female germline development in Arabidopsis thaliana16
Building and rebuilding complex tissues: strategic visions from a research-led workshop16
Adaxial-abaxial bipolar leaf genes encode a putative cytokinin receptor and HD-Zip III, and control the formation of ectopic shoot meristems in rice16
Sculpting with stem cells: how models of embryo development take shape16
Adipose triglyceride lipase promotes prostaglandin-dependent actin remodeling by regulating substrate release from lipid droplets16
Evolution of the regulation of developmental gene expression in blind Mexican cavefish16
The cellular function of ROP GTPase prenylation is important for multicellularity in the moss Physcomitrium patens16
The cell-adhesion molecule Echinoid promotes tissue survival and separately restricts tissue overgrowth16
Development of the mammalian main olfactory bulb16
Transplanted human intestinal organoids: a resource for modeling human intestinal development16
Exploring the principles of embryonic mammary gland branching morphogenesis16
Environmental and molecular control of tissue-specific ionocyte differentiation in zebrafish16
Dissecting pleiotropic functions of the wheat Green Revolution gene Rht-B1b in plant morphogenesis and yield formation16
Cre recombinase microinjection for single-cell tracing and localised gene targeting16
Control of fate specification within the dorsal head of Drosophila melanogaster16
PLETHORA transcription factors promote early embryo development through induction of meristematic potential16
A high-sugar diet, but not obesity, reduces female fertility in Drosophila melanogaster16
A constitutively expressed fluorescent ubiquitination-based cell-cycle indicator (FUCCI) in axolotls for studying tissue regeneration16
The people behind the papers – Jonas Malkmus, Rushikesh Sheth and Rolf Zeller15
The people behind the papers – Masahito Irie, Fumitoshi Ishino and Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino15
The fetal lineage is susceptible to Zika virus infection within days of fertilization15
Temporally and regionally distinct morphogenetic processes govern zebrafish caudal fin blood vessel network expansion15
Human stem cell models to study placode development, function and pathology15
Collective signalling drives rapid jumping between cell states15
Human developmental biology – a global perspective15
Heterologous expression of a lycophyte protein enhances angiosperm seedling vigor15
The matrix glycoprotein Papilin maintains the haematopoietic progenitor pool in Drosophila lymph glands15
An elastic proteinaceous envelope encapsulates the early Arabidopsis embryo15
Live imaging of retinotectal mapping reveals topographic map dynamics and a previously undescribed role for Contactin 2 in map sharpening15
Constructive Critics: Development's approach to peer review15
Retrovirus-derived RTL5 and RTL6 genes are novel constituents of the innate immune system in the eutherian brain15
The Nasonia pair-rule gene regulatory network retains its function over 300 million years of evolution15
Female meiosis II and pronuclear fusion require the microtubule transport factor Bicaudal D15
Rac1 and Nectin3 are essential for planar cell polarity-directed axon guidance in the peripheral auditory system15
Immune cell-stem cell interactions in regeneration and repair: who's calling the shots?15
Notch signaling regulates neural stem cell quiescence entry and exit in Drosophila15
Sall1 and Sall4 cooperatively interact with Myocd and SRF to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation by regulating CDK and cyclin genes15
Development's 2024 outstanding paper prize15
The people behind the papers – Alexandre Dumoulin and Esther Stoeckli15
The people behind the papers – Wendy Duan and Meghan Riddell15
A Rad50-null mutation in mouse germ cells causes reduced DSB formation, abnormal DSB end resection and complete loss of germ cells15
Astrocyte-intrinsic and -extrinsic Fat1 activities regulate astrocyte development and angiogenesis in the retina14
Cadherin-dependent adhesion is required for muscle stem cell niche anchorage and maintenance14
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