Opposing Nodal and Wnt signalling activities govern the emergence of the mammalian body plan
André Dias, Pau Pascual-Mas, Gaëlle Robertson, Gabriel Torregrosa-Cortés, Suzan Stelloo, Pablo Casaní-Galdón, Stephen Babin, Yuliia Romaniuk, Alexandre Mayran, Alexandra E. Wehmeyer, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, Harold M. McNamara, Michiel Vermeulen, Sebastian J. Arnold, Alfonso Martínez Arias
This study shows that Nodal and Wnt signalling act antagonistically during mammalian gastrulation, with Nodal promoting anterior structures and Wnt driving posterior development.
bioRxiv · Jan 11, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology