STANFORD, Calif. — More than 2,000 genetic regions involved in early human development have been identified by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The regions, called enhancers, ...
Primordial germ cells (PGCs), the precursors of sperm and eggs, are generated during early embryo development. However, the genes involved in PGC specification in rats are not well understood. In this ...
What happens in the first weeks after a human embryo implants in the uterus has been a black box. Now, biologists have had a chance to study this stage of development in detail for the first time. The ...