Bisphenol A alternatives are manufactured as potentially less harmful substitutes of
bisphenol A (BPA) that offer similar functionality. These alternatives are already in the …

Abstract According to the World Health Organisation and European Commission definitions,
substances shall be considered as having endocrine disrupting properties if they show …

Abstract Xenbase (https://www. xenbase. org/), the Xenopus model organism
knowledgebase, is a web-accessible resource that integrates the diverse genomic and …

Transitioning from pluripotency to differentiated cell fates is fundamental to both embryonic
development and adult tissue homeostasis. Improving our understanding of this transition …

Degradation and fragmentation of mulching films represents an increasing source of
microplastics (MPs, plastic particles 1 μm to 5 mm in size) to agricultural soils. MPs have …

During oocyte maturation and early embryogenesis, changes in mRNA poly (A)-tail lengths
strongly influence translation, but how these tail-length changes are orchestrated has been …

Unlike mammals, some nonmammalian species recruit Müller glia for retinal regeneration
after injury. Identifying the underlying mechanisms may help to foresee regenerative …

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common inherited retinal disease (IRD) and is
characterized by photoreceptor degeneration and progressive vision loss. We report 4 …

The incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins through genetic code expansion
has been successfully adapted to African claw-toed frog embryos. Six unique unnatural …

Folate supplementation reduces the occurrence of neural tube defects (NTDs), birth defects
consisting in the failure of the neural tube to form and close. The mechanisms underlying …