Hoxful Monsters

The research training program Graduiertenkolleg 1104 (From Cells to Organs: Molecular Mechanisms of Organogenesis) is a DFG-funded research program joining developmental biologists in the Faculty of Biology, the Faculty of Medicine,and the Max-Planck- Institute of Immunobiology in Freiburg with the aim to create an innovative training program for graduate students.

Drosophila embryo development:

Time Lapse Of The Embryonic Development Of Drosophila Melanogast - video powered by Metacafe

In the era of Genomics as new genes are always being discovered by virtue of complete genome sequences of various organisms,there is an ever increasing need for more tools for functional validation.In order to assign functions to the new genes discovered ,reverse genetics techniques are becoming increasingly attractive as they offer the opportunity to choose the gene of interest from database and in quick time one can assign a function to that gene.With the rise in demand for knocking down gene function in the field of developmental biology ,scientists were …

Why the most evolved snakes don’t have limbs while the primitive species like python have poorly developed hind limbs (They have pelvic girdle and incompletely developed femur) or to put it in simple words : why snakes don’t have legs????Imagine a Snake with fore and hind limbs.True it doesn’t give a good picture and moreover makes life difficult for snake.That could be the reason why Nature has selected out limbs from tetrapods and which might have led to evolution of present day snakes.
Snakes are evolved from lizards and …