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Researchers have identified a master developmental clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, explaining how cells activate key genetic programs during growth and development.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)
Who
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Christopher Hammell, Peipei Wu, Jing Wang, Brett Pryor, Isabella Valentino, David F. Ritter, Kaiser Loel, Olya Yarychkivska, Shai Shaham, Justin Kinney, Sevinc Ercan, Leemor Joshua-Tor
What
Researchers have identified a master developmental clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, explaining how cells activate key genetic programs during growth and development.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 19:53:25 GMT · 5h 44m ago
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) ·
Why
This newly discovered genetic clock, involving proteins MYRF-1 and LIN-42, acts as the body’s developmental timekeeper, coordinating bursts of gene activity needed for growth.
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The discovery of this unique biological clock, which operates as a finite sequence rather than continuously repeating, could provide new insights into cellular growth, differentiation, and developmental disorders by revealing how precise timing is maintained in organisms.
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3 events in this thread- Currently Reading5h 44m agoResearchers have identified a master developmental clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, explaining how cells activate key genetic programs during growth and development.
- Health & Science5h 44m agoScientists have discovered a genetic clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, formed by proteins MYRF-1 and LIN-42, that coordinates bursts of gene activity needed for growth.Open article
- Health & Science5h 44m agoScientists have identified a master developmental clock in the tiny worm C. elegans, showing how two proteins, MYRF-1 and LIN-42, form a feedback circuit that precisely times gene activity needed for growth.Open article