Scientists have constructed the most complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date, using the fruit fly as a model organism. "Just capturing the entirety of ...

Drosophila wing development is a paradigm for understanding how spatial information is conveyed by morphogen gradients to coordinate pattern formation and organ growth. Central to this process is ...

Researchers used innovative imaging techniques to demonstrate symmetric collective alignment of nuclei in the muscle cells of the anterior midgut of the Drosophila embryo. This 'collective nuclear ...