Researchers have published an atlas of zebrafish development, detailing the gene expression programs that are activated within nearly every cell type during the first five days of development, a ...

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Fluorescence imaging of a pre-gastrula zebrafish embryo, showing DNA (gray) and cell structure (magenta). The video moves through different depths of the embryo, showing chromosome formation, ...

New research describes how nerve cells and muscle cells communicate through electrical signals during development -- a phenomenon known as bioelectricity. The communication, which takes place via ...