Germ cells play a unique role in gamete production, heredity and evolution. Therefore, to
understand the mechanisms that specify germ cells is a central challenge in developmental …

Many crucial decisions, such as the location and timing of cell division, cell-fate
determination, and embryonic axes establishment, are made in the early embryo, a time in …

Asymmetric localization of oskar ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules to the oocyte posterior is
crucial for abdominal patterning and germline formation in the Drosophila embryo. We show …

Abstract mRNA localization is a common mechanism for targeting proteins to regions of the
cell where they are required. It has an essential role in localizing cytoplasmic determinants …

Many fully developed metazoan tissues remain in a state of flux throughout life. During
physiological cell turnover, older differentiated cells are typically eliminated by apoptosis …

Long-lasting forms of memory require protein synthesis, but how the pattern of synthesis is
related to the storage of a memory has not been determined. Here we show that neural …

Abstract The authors analyze American Time Use Survey data to examine patterns in
domestic work among at‐home and breadwinner parents to gauge how time availability …

Translational control is a critical process in the spatio-temporal restriction of protein
production. In Drosophila oogenesis, translational repression of oskar (osk) RNA during its …

▪ Abstract Regulation of translation initiation is a central control point in animal cells. We
review our current understanding of the mechanisms of regulation, drawing particularly on …

RNA processing is important for generating protein diversity and modulating levels of protein
expression. The CUG‐BP, Elav‐like family (CELF) of RNA‐binding proteins regulate several …