NEW IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

High quality, editorially selected and peer-reviewed advances in biology

Communications Biology is an open access journal from Nature Research publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. We are actively seeking submissions focusing on developmental biology research.

Read recently published Communications Biology content in developmental biology and related fields:

A Zeb2-miR-200c loop controls midbrain dopaminergic neuron neurogenesis and migration

Arenas, et al

Published June 25, 2018

mTORC1 impedes osteoclast differentiation via calcineurin and NFATc1

Huynh and Wan

Published April 5, 2018

Genetic analyses in Lake Malawi cichlids identify new roles for Fgf signaling in scale shape variation

Powder, et al

Published May 31, 2018

Genome-wide association study of developmental dysplasia of the hip identifies an association with GDF5

Wilkinson, et al

Published May 31, 2018

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