Developmental processes are the series of biological changes associated with information transfer, growth, and differentiation during the life cycle of organisms. Information transfer is the transmission of DNA and other biological signals from parent...

Within a given taxon, development generally results in the production of individuals that are recognizable as members of that specific group. Vertebrate embryos can be recognized as such early in development, regardless of whether they will later...

The embryological development of the ear is best understood by describing separately the individual development of the three major anatomical features that comprise the ear. Accordingly, although in the fetus, the development of the external ear,...

Developmental Biology is the official journal of the Society for Developmental Biology. It publishes research on the mechanisms of development, differentiation, and growth in animals and plants at the molecular, cellular, and genetic...

Chair: Barbara Graham-Evans, Jackson State University Vice-chair: Lauren Brandon, Mississippi University for Women THURSDAY MORNING Bost Auditorium South 8:00 BIOLOGY OF PREIMPLANTATION PORCINE EMBRYOS IN VITRO Hongfeng Wang*, Song-yi Jung, Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio, Kristen Faith Garrison, Kristi Wolgemuth, Laura...

Chair: Mary L. Haasch, University of Mississippi Vice-chair: Stephen I.N. Ekunwe, Jackson State University THURSDAY MORNING Cedar Room 8:00 THIOESTERASE RIBOZYMES Danning Huang* and Faqing Huang, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 The theory of RNA...

Biologists Peter Lawrence and Gines Morata won Spain's prestigious science award Wednesday for their work showing that fruit flies and humans have much genetic material in common.Lawrence, a British microbiologist at Cambridge University, and Spaniard Morata of Complutense University in Madrid, won the Prince of...