Developmental Dynamics (DD) targets developmental biologists who study the emergence of form during animal development and the mechanisms that control morphogenesis.
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Highlights - a feature that calls attention to exciting advances in developmental biology that have recently been reported in
Developmental Dynamics . Development is a broad field encompassing many important areas. To reflect this fact, the section will spotlight significant discoveries that occur across the entire spectrum of developmental events and problems: from new experimental approaches, to novel interpretations of results, to noteworthy findings utilizing different developmental organisms.
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ArtPix - a picture gallery of images related to papers published recently in
Developmental Dynamics . Most were considered for cover photos, but only one cover photo can be chosen each month. Our authors produce not only excellent science but also excellent art. DD ArtPix provides a sampling of this art for our readers' viewing pleasure
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Feel free to click on the images below and print these out! Display them at your university, office or anywhere you want to inject a little "science meets art"!

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FREE - Special issue, December 2012 -
Special Focus on Developmental Biology in Latin America
...and from the September 2012 issue, Morphogenesis of outflow tract rotation during cardiac development: The pulmonary push concept, chosen to be posted on the Node, the community site for developmental biologists. Look for its inclusion in a advent calendar on the Node site {http://thenode.biologists.com/favourite-papers-advent-calendar/} on December 9.
Evolutionary/Developmental Biology - Plenary Session
Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Cliff Tabin (Harvard Medical School)
The Evolution and Development of Vertebrate Limb Morphology
Neil Shubin (University of Chicago)
Fossils, Genes, and the Origin of Organs
Nipam Patel (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
The Evolution of Arthropod Appendages
Co-sponsored by the AAA Fellows Circle Fund
FREE Resources from Developmental Dynamics...
Primer and interviews: Advances in targeted gene modification
Primer and interviews: Promises and realities of induced pluripotent stem cells
Primer and interviews: The dynamic stem cell niche
Primer and interviews: Molecular mechanisms of morphological evolution
Primer and interviews: Diverse connections between primary cilia and Hedgehog signaling
Primer and interviews: Gene regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Primer and interview: Epithelial to mesenchymal transition
Is your "gene of interest" interesting?
Proneural factors and neurogenesis
Planar cell polarity: Heading in the right direction
The somite segmentation clock: It takes a licking and keeps on ticking
The Tbx -files: The truth is out there
Molecular mechanisms of early gut organogenesis: A primer on development of the digestive tract
microRNAs under the microscope