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ArticleThe EMBO journal2024

Modular control of vertebrate axis segmentation in time and space.

Ali Seleit, Ian Brettell, Tomas Fitzgerald, Carina Vibe, Felix Loosli, Joachim Wittbrodt, Kiyoshi Naruse, Ewan Birney, Alexander Aulehla

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cycles upon cycles-Temperature scaling of medaka development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  3. Evolvability in vertebrate segmentation.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2025
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  6. The stem cell zoo for comparative studies of developmental tempo.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Ali SeleitDevelopmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-2286
Ian BrettellEuropean Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Tomas FitzgeraldEuropean Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
Carina VibeDevelopmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6309-269X
Felix LoosliInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Joachim WittbrodtCentre for Organismal Studies, Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-7377
Kiyoshi NaruseNational Institute for Basic Biology, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Aichi, Japan.
Ewan BirneyEuropean Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. birney@ebi.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8314-8497
Alexander AulehlaDevelopmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany. aulehla@embl.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3487-9239

Funding

EC | European Research Council (ERC) 866537EC | Horizon Europe | Excellent Science | HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 847543
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How the timing of development is linked to organismal size is a longstanding question. Although numerous studies have reported a correlation of temporal and spatial traits, the developmental or selective constraints underlying this link remain largely unexplored. We address this question by studying the periodic process of embryonic axis segmentation in-vivo in Oryzias fish. Interspecies comparisons reveal that the timing of segmentation correlates to segment, tissue and organismal size. Segment size in turn scales according to tissue and organism size. To probe for underlying causes, we genetically hybridised two closely related species. Quantitative analysis in ~600 phenotypically diverse F2 embryos reveals a decoupling of timing from size control, while spatial scaling is preserved. Using developmental quantitative trait loci (devQTL) mapping we identify distinct genetic loci linked to either the control of segmentation timing or tissue size. This study demonstrates that a developmental constraint mechanism underlies spatial scaling of axis segmentation, while its spatial and temporal control are dissociable modules.

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OryziasQuantitative Trait LociAnimalsBody PatterningBody SizeGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalDevelopmental TimingInter-species HybridizationQTL MappingScalingSomitogenesis

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PMID39122924
PMCPMC11405765

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