Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology | Morphogenesis and Patterning

Original Research

Accepted on 28 Apr 2025

The potent neuroepithelium-promoting activity of Otx2 during gastrulation, as demonstrated by its exogenous epiblast-wide expression in chicken embryos

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Naoya Takami
Kagayaki Kato
Koya Yoshihi
Akihito Kawamura
Hideaki Iida
Hisato Kondoh

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1599287

Review

Accepted on 24 Apr 2025

Establishing Cell Polarity in Plants: The Role of Cytoskeletal Structures and Regulatory Pathways

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Qiong Nan
Chao Ma
Jianbin Chang
Olivia S Hazelwood
M Arif Ashraf

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1602463

123 views

Review

Accepted on 18 Apr 2025

Evaluation of Image Analysis Tools for the Measurement of Cellular Morphology

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Matthew D. Bourn
Lauren F. Daly
Jim F. Huggett
Julian Braybrook
Jeanne F. Rivera

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1572212

158 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Apr 2025

Wnt5a and Notum influence the temporal dynamics of cartilaginous mesenchymal condensations in developing trachea

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Natalia Bottasso-Arias
Megha Mohanakrishnan
Sarah Trovillion
Kaulini Burra
Nicholas X. Russell
Yixin Wu
Yan Xu
Debora Sinner

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1523833

543 views

Methods

Published on 20 Mar 2025

From genes to patterns: a framework for modeling the emergence of embryonic development from transcriptional regulation

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Jimena Garcia-Guillen
Ezzat El-Sherif

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1522725

844 views

Review

Published on 18 Mar 2025

The mechanopathology of the tumor microenvironment: detection techniques, molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Stella Angeli
Constantina Neophytou
Maria Kalli
Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos
Fotios Mpekris

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1564626

1,063 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 05 Mar 2025

Pax1a-EphrinB2a pathway in the first pharyngeal pouch controls hyomandibular plate formation by promoting chondrocyte formation in zebrafish

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Haewon Jeon
Sil Jin
Jihyeon Kim
Saehoon Joo
Chong Pyo Choe

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1482906

655 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Mar 2025

Lmx1a is essential for marginal cell differentiation and stria vascularis formation

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Justine M. Renauld
Igor Y. Iskusnykh
Ebenezer N. Yamoah
Richard J. H. Smith
Corentin Affortit
David Z. He
Huizhan Liu
David Nichols
Judith Bouma
Mahesh K. Nayak

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1537505

1,201 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 27 Feb 2025

Self-organized patterning of peristaltic waves by suppressive actions in a developing gut

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Koji Kawamura
Soichiro Kato
Shota Utsunomiya
Yoshiko Takahashi
Masafumi Inaba

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1529975

637 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Feb 2025

Evidence for Fgf and Wnt regulation of Lhx2 during limb development via two limb-specific Lhx2-associated cis-regulatory modules

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Jessica C. Britton
Anett Somogyi-Leatigaga
Billy A. Watson
Endika Haro
Cassidy G. Mulder
Kari D. Kennedy
Allen M. Cooper
Kristen L. Whitley
Ruth-Love Yeboah
Jeanyoung Kim

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1552716

939 views

Review

Published on 18 Feb 2025

Neuron-to-glia and glia-to-glia signaling directs critical period experience-dependent synapse pruning

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Nichalas Nelson
Vanessa Miller
Kendal Broadie

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1540052

1,466 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 11 Feb 2025

Novel insights into palatal shelf elevation dynamics in normal mouse embryos

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Jeremy P. Goering
Michael Moedritzer
Marta Stetsiv
Dona Greta Isai
Brittany M. Hufft-Martinez
An J. Tran
Zaid Umar
Madison K. Rickabaugh
Paul Keselman
Munish Chauhan

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1532448

752 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 04 Feb 2025

Cell–cell heterogeneity in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase biases early cell fate priming in Dictyostelium discoideum

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Kenichi Abe
Hidenori Hashimura
Haruka Hiraoka
Shoko Fujishiro
Narufumi Kameya
Kazuteru Taoka
Satoshi Kuwana
Masashi Fukuzawa
Satoshi Sawai

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1526795

1,524 views

Original Research

Published on 29 Jan 2025

Xenopus laevis neural stem progenitor cells exhibit a transient metabolic shift toward glycolysis during spinal cord regeneration

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Paula G. Slater
Miguel E. Domínguez-Romero
Guillermo Campos
Vania Aravena
Javier Cavieres-Lepe
Verónica Eisner

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2025.1529093

1,534 views

Mini Review

Published on 22 Jan 2025

Recent advances in plant kinetochore research

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Elena Kozgunova

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1510019

963 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 09 Jan 2025

Exosomes: new targets for understanding axon guidance in the developing central nervous system

in Morphogenesis and Patterning

Mingyu Liu
Teng Teng

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2024.1510862

1,296 views