Feature Papers in Journal of Developmental Biology II
A special issue of Journal of Developmental Biology (ISSN 2221-3759).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2021) | Viewed by 42086
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cell-fate determination; cell lineage; organ development; fibrotic disease; microRNAs
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Interests: neural crest development; craniofacial development; zebrafish
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue “Feature Papers in Journal of Developmental Biology” aims to collect high-quality research articles, review articles, and communications on the development of multicellular organisms at the molecule, cell, tissue, organ and whole organism levels.
We hope this topic is of interest to you and invite you to send a tentative title and short abstract to our editorial office ([email protected]) for evaluation before submission. Please note that selected papers are still subject to thorough peer review, and only invited papers can be published online once accepted in this collection.
Topics include, without being limited to, the following:
- development mechanisms and genetics
- cell differentiation
- embryonic development
- tissue/organism growth
- metamorphosis and regeneration
- genetics/human genetics
- cell biology in development
- development of the nervous system
- evolution of development
- rare developmental disorders
- RNA mechanisms in development
- transcriptomics including single cell RNA-Seq to study development
We look forward to receiving your excellent work.
Dr. Robert W. Dettman
Prof. Dr. Kristin Bruk Artinger
Dr. Eugenia C. Olesnicky
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Developmental Biology is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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