Development is a leading primary research journal covering the field of developmental biology. With its long and prestigious history and its team of expert academic editors, Development is committed to publishing cutting-edge research across the spectrum of animal and plant developmental biology.
Over recent years, Development has expanded its focus to incorporate the stem cell and regeneration fields, with the aim of underscoring the close links between these growing communities and more traditional developmental biology.
Our Special Issue on Chromatin and Epigenetics is now open. Click here to read the latest papers.
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Meet New York-based Eduardo Leyva-Díaz and Oliver Hobert, authors of a new study on transcriptional autoregulation in the worm.
Learning developmental biology: a Chinese experience
Undergduate students at a Shanghai college describe their first taste of developmental biology, thanks to an international panel of lecturers
Dörthe Jülich and Scott Holley on the propagation of mechanical information beyond the range of morphogen signaling in the embryo.
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Retinal development at the single cell level
In our recent single cell special issue, Caren Norden and colleagues dissect the development of the horizontal cell layer in the zebrafish retina.
News from Development
Transparent peer review at Development
Development will now publish a ‘Peer review history’ file alongside published papers, in the interests of promoting transparency around the editorial process.
Our reviewers can now automatically upload peer review reports to Publons, the site which gives formal recognition to peer review contributions.
Save the date: From Stem Cells to Human Development
Our 2020 meeting - the third in our series on human developmental biology - will take place from 6 - 9 September 2020.
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Bo Xia, Itai Yanai
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Samantha A. Morris
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Rana Amini, Anastasia A. Labudina, Caren Norden
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Aaron McKenna, James A. Gagnon
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Nicole Prior, Christopher J. Hindley, Fabian Rost, Elena Meléndez, Winnie W. Y. Lau, Berthold Göttgens, Steffen Rulands, Benjamin D. Simons, Meritxell Huch