Spatial transcriptomics sheds light on the #echinoderm body plan!

#preLight from Rodrigo Senovilla-Ganzo.

Rodrigo covers a #preprint from #lab_lowe showing that the bilaterian antero-lateral axis shifts to medio-lateral in the #ectoderm of adult echinoderms.

👉 https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/molecular-evidence-of-anteroposterior-patterning-in-adult-echinoderms/

When does the embryo finally lose #pluripotency?

Ceren Pajanoja and team at the #KerosuoLab identify a transcriptional signature of pluripotency that is maintained throughout #neurulation in the #ectoderm.

New #preLight written by Andrew Montequin.

👉 https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/maintenance-of-pluripotency-in-the-entire-ectoderm-enables-neural-crest-formation/