Scientists found that fruit fly embryos can develop through multiple genetic paths, not just one. This challenges traditional ideas.

Holligan’s embryo is far from the only one in this peculiar limbo. Millions—or potentially tens of millions—of embryos ...

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To address this question, the Hiiragi group set out to image and quantitatively analyze many different embryos, to compare ...

Now that the human genome is better understood, and we can rank embryos for different diseases and traits, it’s time to think about the ethics of reproduction. This is where Jonathan Anomaly ...

Old viral DNA, once thought to be gone forever, is reactivated in mammalian embryos, with each species showing unique ...