Development, Growth & Differentiation
Overview
Development, Growth & Differentiation is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that focuses on the study of developmental biology, growth, and cellular differentiation. It publishes original research articles, reviews, and perspectives, covering a wide range of topics including embryogenesis, tissue regeneration, stem cell biology, and molecular mechanisms underlying development and differentiation processes. The journal serves as a valuable resource for researchers and scientists interested in understanding the fundamental processes that shape organisms at various stages of life.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Dev Growth Differ
Start
1969
End
Continuing
Frequency
Bimonthly
p-ISSN
0012-1592
e-ISSN
1440-169X
Country
Japan
Language
English
Specialties
Biology
Reproductive Medicine
Reproductive Medicine
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 4869
73
SJR / Ranks: 5680
759
CiteScore / Ranks: 4778
5.20
JIF / Ranks: 4316
2.5
Recent Articles
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Inoue S, Nosetani M, Nakajima Y, Sakaki S, Kato H, Saba R, et al.
Dev Growth Differ
. 2025 Jan;
67(2):75-84.
PMID: 39783159
Sonic Hedgehog (Shh), encoding an extracellular signaling molecule, is vital for heart development. Shh null mutants show congenital heart disease due to left-right asymmetry defects stemming from functional anomaly in...
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Kuwana S, Yasuoka Y
Dev Growth Differ
. 2025 Jan;
67(2):36-42.
PMID: 39777708
From September 16 to 19, 2024, an international symposium to celebrate the centennial of the discovery of the gastrula organizer by Hans Spemann and Hilde Mangold, was held at the...
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Fabrezi M, Cruz J
Dev Growth Differ
. 2025 Jan;
67(2):55-74.
PMID: 39777703
Despite the significant literature about morphological features of limb skeletons involved in tetrapod limb evolution, some questions about carpal and tarsal elements remain. In anurans, the ecomorphological and biomechanical approaches...
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Nakao Y, Okamoto K, Tazawa I, Nishijima T, Furuno N, Sakuma T, et al.
Dev Growth Differ
. 2025 Jan;
67(2):85-93.
PMID: 39776058
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are key regulators of cell cycle progression, in conjunction with cyclins. The cyclin-CDK system is highly conserved among eukaryotes, and CDK1 is considered essential for progression through...
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Tozawa S, Matsubara H, Minamitani F, Kamei Y, Saida M, Asao M, et al.
Dev Growth Differ
. 2024 Dec;
67(1):10-22.
PMID: 39725403
5'Hox genes regulate pattern formation along the axes of the limb. Previously, we showed that Hoxa13/Hoxd13 double-mutant newts lacked all digits of the forelimbs during development and regeneration, showing that...
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Dai F, Chen J, Ma Z, Yang M, Sun T, Ma J, et al.
Dev Growth Differ
. 2024 Dec;
67(1):23-32.
PMID: 39723530
Transcription factors collaborate with epigenetic regulatory factors to orchestrate cardiac differentiation for heart development, but the underlying mechanism is not fully understood. Here, we report that GATA-6 induces cardiac differentiation...
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Shimamura T, Miyata T
Dev Growth Differ
. 2024 Nov;
66(9):462-474.
PMID: 39589387
In the embryonic neuroepithelium (NE), neural progenitor cells undergo cell cycle-dependent interkinetic nuclear migration (IKNM) along the apicobasal axis. Extensive IKNM supports increasing cell production rates per unit apical surface,...
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Iikawa H, Nishina A, Morita M, Atsuta Y, Hayashi Y, Saito D
Dev Growth Differ
. 2024 Nov;
66(9):452-461.
PMID: 39520225
Avian species are essential resources for human society, with their preservation and utilization heavily dependent on primordial germ cells (PGCs). However, efficient methods for isolating live PGCs from embryos remain...
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Transition from fetal to postnatal state in the heart: Crosstalk between metabolism and regeneration
Sada T, Kimura W
Dev Growth Differ
. 2024 Oct;
66(9):438-451.
PMID: 39463005
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Myocardial injury resulting from ischemia can be fatal because of the limited regenerative capacity of adult myocardium. Mammalian cardiomyocytes rapidly lose...