New Study Explains How Organs Coordinate Their Development With The Whole Body
Sunday, June 22, 2014 - 03:10
in Biology & Nature
A research group uncovered that the development of wings in fruit flies does not progress synchronously with the organism's development. Instead, it is coordinated with the whole body only at distinct 'milestones'. This study helps explain how an organism facing environmental and physiological perturbations retains the ability to build correct functional organs and tissues in a proportional adult body. read more