... the organization of Hox genes in clusters and the differential Hox expression, whereby the relative order of the Hox genes within a cluster mirrors the spatial sequence of expression in the developing embryo. In vertebrates, the cluster organization is also associated with the timing of Hox activation, which...

... telencephalon development. This study opens new perspectives on the role of the neural/non-neural interface and reveals its functional relevance across higher vertebrates. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) Competing interests The authors declare no competing...

...Isaac Skromne; Dean Thorsen; Melina Hale; Victoria E. Prince; Robert K. Ho The spinal cord is a unique vertebrate feature that originates, together with the hindbrain, from the caudal neural plate. Whereas the hindbrain subdivides into rhombomeres, the spinal cord remains unsegmented. We have...

...Emilie Delaune; Patrick Lemaire; Laurent Kodjabachian Neural induction constitutes the first step in the generation of the vertebrate nervous system from embryonic ectoderm. Work with Xenopus ectodermal explants has suggested that epidermis is induced by BMP signals,whereas neural fates arise...

...Anibal Smith Fernandez; Claude Pieau; Jacques Repérant; Edoardo Boncinelli; Marion Wassef ABSTRACT Homologies between vertebrate forebrain subdivisions are still uncertain. In particular the identification of homologs of the mammalian neocortex or the dorsal ventricular ridge (DVR) of birds...