Embryologists have clarified the role that retinoic acid plays in limb development. A new study showed that retinoic acid controls the development (or budding) of forelimbs, but not hindlimbs, and ...

Embryology is the study of development of an embryo from the stage of ovum fertilization through to the fetal stage. The ball of dividing cells that results after fertilization is termed an “embryo” ...

New research reveals the presence of microplastics in human reproductive fluids, raising important questions about their potential risks to fertility and reproductive health European Society of Human ...

This article briefly discusses the role of experimental embryology (and experimental embryologists) in discovering the principles of vertebrate neural development. It provides a historical account of ...

THE publication of this volume supplies a long-felt want. Many will remember the pleasure with which the first appearance of an English volume solely devoted to embryology was hailed. But there was a ...

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 9, 2009 -- Gregg Duester, Ph.D., professor of developmental biology at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), along with Xianling Zhao, Ph.D., and colleagues, have ...