A thyroid hormone transporter is essential for the earliest stages of brain development, according to a new study of a region of the developing chicken brain with a layered structure similar to the ...

We assessed the functional capacity of the chronically afterloaded chick embryo heart. At stage 21, a 10-0 nylon loop was tied around the mid conotruncus narrowing the outflow tract. Control embryos ...

An international collaboration of researchers from Japan, Russia, Spain, and Australia has created the first genome-wide set of avian transcription start sites. Their data have been made available ...

Mentor: Michael L Robinson, Ph.D. This project explores the role of FOXE3 in eye development, focusing on its potential influence on cell fate decisions. Key questions include: What is the role of ...