The field of pea genetics received a boost today with the publication of a resource of pea mutants in Genome Biology. The pea, Pisum sativum, is one of the most famous tools used in genetics: school children today learn that the 19th century monk Gregor Mendel studied the pea – for example, whether the seeds… Read more »
The central and peripheral nervous systems of vertebrates are partitioned at specific points within the spinal cord, ensuring that the cell bodies of neurons from each system are not mixed, while still allowing axons to be connected. Previous studies have identified a transient population of cells responsible for this partitioning, termed boundary cap cells. The… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Neural Development has joined the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (NPRC), enabling the more efficient handling of peer review between several neuroscience journals. The NPRC was instigated to reduce the time and effort involved in the peer review of original neuroscience research reports. Under the new system, neuroscience journals with… Read more »