The Developmental Cell paper, led by former Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Hasreet Gill, shows how a set of developmental instructions called Hox genes dictate gut formation ...

Hox genes are interesting "because they're highly conserved, occurring in many species, from flies to humans," says Kawaguchi. "They're involved in determining the body's makeup." ...

Hox Gene: A family of evolutionarily conserved transcription factors that provide cells with positional identity along the anteroposterior axis. Isthmic Organiser: ...

Genes are the control panel for an embryo morphing from a ball of cells into organs, muscles, and limbs, but there's more involved than just genetics. There's also physics—the shaping of tissues ...