This Picture of the Week shows a stained cryosection of a retina – the light-sensitive part of the eye – of an ancient fish, the…
Model organisms are species that are studied extensively to understand particular biological phenomena and processes, with the expectation that…
The scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, who ‘fathered’ the Digital Embryo have now given it…
The best-selling novel The swarm captured the imagination of countless readers with the fascination of marine life. But it also showed how…
Eyes are among the earliest recognisable structures in an embryo; they start off as bulges on the sides of tube-shaped tissue that will eventually…
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