Understanding embryonic development: from screens to genes

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The elucidation of the complete genome sequences of various model organisms, in conjunction with the development of new screening methods, provides a type of functional genomics that has been unavailable to developmental biologists in the past. The collaboration between novel computational and molecular biological techniques and traditional embryology was evident in the outstanding research presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology held in San Francisco this summer. The underlying theme of the meeting was how a partnering between different disciplines can be extremely fruitful in enabling both gene discovery and the understanding of how genes work in concert to carry out developmental processes.

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