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The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously thought, but also in echinoderms (invertebrates). This is one of the most ...

Embryology is the discipline concerned with the study of embryogenesis, the development of the embryo from a fertilised egg cell. Findings in embryology have helped in the understanding of congenital ...

From the moment of conception, all cells and eventually all individuals, must pass critical thresholds. Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal, Child and Adolescent ...