Emerging Research Organisms to Study Development

A special issue of Journal of Developmental Biology (ISSN 2221-3759).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 4647

Special Issue Editor

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Interests: developmental biology; mouse molecular genetics; vision sciences; cellular and molecular mechanisms of retinal regeneration

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The past decade has seen a progressive reduction in the cost of genome sequencing that has fortuitously coincided with tremendous breakthroughs in genome editing. As a result, researchers no longer have to choose model organisms based on convenience and available infrastructure. We can now choose model organisms best suited to answer specific biological questions without compromising the ability to perform mechanistic studies. Therefore, the repertoire of novel systems is ever-expanding and provides unprecedented access to biological processes such as regeneration, body plan formation, aging, stress response, and evolution. This Special Issue of the Journal of Developmental Biology will highlight emerging model organisms that are breaking new ground in the study of development and disease. These species may include multicellular animals and fungi, as well as unicellular microorganisms such as bacteria, archaea, and protists. Contributions can be research articles, reviews, and communications papers. Manuscripts reporting truly new model organisms that may not be familiar to most developmental biologists, and whose genomes have yet to be sequenced, are particularly encouraged.

Dr. Ross Poché
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Models organisms
  • Development
  • Mechanistic studies

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A New Toolbox in Experimental Embryology—Alternative Model Organisms for Studying Preimplantation Development
by Claudia Springer, Eckhard Wolf and Kilian Simmet
J. Dev. Biol. 2021, 9(2), 15; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/jdb9020015 - 02 Apr 2021
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Preimplantation development is well conserved across mammalian species, but major differences in developmental kinetics, regulation of early lineage differentiation and implantation require studies in different model organisms, especially to better understand human development. Large domestic species, such as cattle and pig, resemble human [...] Read more.
Preimplantation development is well conserved across mammalian species, but major differences in developmental kinetics, regulation of early lineage differentiation and implantation require studies in different model organisms, especially to better understand human development. Large domestic species, such as cattle and pig, resemble human development in many different aspects, i.e., the timing of zygotic genome activation, mechanisms of early lineage differentiations and the period until blastocyst formation. In this article, we give an overview of different assisted reproductive technologies, which are well established in cattle and pig and make them easily accessible to study early embryonic development. We outline the available technologies to create genetically modified models and to modulate lineage differentiation as well as recent methodological developments in genome sequencing and imaging, which form an immense toolbox for research. Finally, we compare the most recent findings in regulation of the first lineage differentiations across species and show how alternative models enhance our understanding of preimplantation development. Full article
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