The zebrafish issue: 25 years on
Welcome to Development’s 2021 Subject Collection celebrating the 25th anniversary since the publication of the zebrafish issue.
The issue, originally published in 1996, reported the results from two large zebrafish mutant screens in Tübingen and Boston. It remains the journal’s largest issue to this day, with 37 research articles describing over 1500 mutations involved in zebrafish development. These mutants provided a resource that propelled zebrafish as a model for embryogenesis, regeneration and disease research.
To celebrate this milestone, we have collated the original research articles in the zebrafish issue, together with Spotlight articles that give personal perspectives on the impact the issue has had on the field.
We hope that you enjoy this collection and remember that Development continues to welcome your zebrafish development manuscripts.
History of our journals
As our publisher, The Company of Biologists, turns 100 years old, read about Development’s journey and highlights from some its first issues, and explore the history of each of our sister journals: Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
Call for papers – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
Development invites you to submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues. This issue will be coordinated by Guest Editors Meritxell Huch (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany) and Mansi Srivastava (Harvard University and Museum of Comparative Zoology, USA), working alongside our team of academic Editors. Submit your articles by 15 May 2025.
A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology
In this Perspective, B. Duygu Özpolat and colleagues survey researchers on their views on what it takes to infer mechanism in developmental biology. They examine what factors shape our idea of what we mean by ‘mechanism’ and suggest a path forward that embraces a broad outlook on the diversity of studies that advance knowledge in our field.
