Scale models
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
Weizmann Institute scientists have added a significant piece to the puzzle of scaling how patterns stay in sync with size as an embryo or organism grows and develops. In a new study appearing in Current Biology, Institute scientists Profs. Naama Barkai and Ben-Zion Shilo and research student Danny Ben-Zvi of the Molecular Genetics Department have shown how scaling works in developing fruit fly wings in which the vein structure stays perfectly proportioned and their findings should be applicable to many different examples of development, including human embryonic development.