Lynn McTeir

The paper identifies a 10 bp deletion in PRICKLE1 causing skeletal dysplasia in Cheviot sheep and develops a DNA test to eliminate the mutation.

FuChi is a new Fucci-based system in chickens that accurately tracks cell cycle phases in vivo, improving upon existing models by distinguishing all phases and enabling detailed developmental studies.

The paper characterizes the avascular mesenchyme during digit outgrowth, finding it essential for patterning and revealing a distinct transcriptional identity and unexpected relationship with phalanx formation.

This study uses fate mapping in chickens to show SHH-expressing cells contribute to specific forearm bones, revealing differences in signaling between species and tissues.