The development of the vertebrate eyes is a complex process starting from anterior-posterior
and dorso-ventral patterning of the anterior neural tube, resulting in the formation of the eye …

Normal hypothalamopituitary development is closely related to that of the forebrain and is
dependent upon a complex genetic cascade of transcription factors and signaling molecules …

The evolution of the eye is a matter of debate ever since Darwin's Origin of Species. While
morphological comparisons of eye anatomy and photoreceptor cell types led to the view that …

A balance between Six2-dependent self-renewal and canonical Wnt signaling-directed
commitment regulates mammalian nephrogenesis. Intersectional studies using chromatin …

Cranial placodes are specialized regions of the ectoderm, which give rise to various sensory
ganglia and contribute to the pituitary gland and sensory organs of the vertebrate head …

The sine oculis homeobox (SIX) protein family is a group of evolutionarily conserved
transcription factors that are found in diverse organisms that range from flatworms to …

For a long time, it has been understood that neurogenesis is linked to proliferation and thus
to the cell cycle. Recently, the gears that mediate this linkage have become accessible to …

Free swimming zebrafish larvae depend mainly on their sense of vision to evade predation
and to catch prey. Hence, there is strong selective pressure on the fast maturation of visual …

Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax (TrxG) group proteins act antagonistically to establish tissue‐
specific patterns of gene expression. The PcG protein Ezh2 facilitates repression by …

Cranial placodes (which include the adenohypophyseal, olfactory, lens, otic, lateral line,
profundal/trigeminal, and epibranchial placodes) give rise to many sense organs and …