Insights into the molecular bases of multicellular development from brown algae

RA Batista, L Wang, KA Bogaert, SM Coelho - Development, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
The transition from simple to complex multicellularity represents a major evolutionary step
that occurred in only a few eukaryotic lineages. Comparative analyses of these lineages …

3D chromatin maps of a brown alga reveal U/V sex chromosome spatial organization

P Liu, J Vigneau, RJ Craig, J Barrera-Redondo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nuclear three dimensional (3D) folding of chromatin structure has been linked to gene
expression regulation and correct developmental programs, but little is known about the 3D …

Developmental pathways underlying sexual differentiation in the U/V sex chromosome system of giant kelp

D Liesner, GG Cossard, M Zheng, O Godfroy… - Developmental Cell, 2025 - cell.com
In many multicellular organisms, sexual development is not determined by XX/XY or ZW/ZZ
systems but by U/V sex chromosomes. In U/V systems, sex determination occurs in the …

Evolution of Sexuality in Animals and Plants: From Julius Sachs 1874 to HMG-box Genes

U Kutschera, KJ Niklas - Biological Theory, 2024 - Springer
The evolution of biparental sexual reproduction in animals and plants is a prominent focus in
modern biology. One hundred and fifty years ago, the German biologist Julius Sachs (1832 …

Promoting developmental diversity in a changing world

C Extavour, L Dolan, KE Sears - Development, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Scanning through early issues of the Journal of Embryology and Experimental Biology (the
previous name for this journal) reveals the diverse range of organisms that were …