Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprint
Branch extension and pruning share the same regulatory module in the developing Drosophila airways
Ryo Matsuda, Chie Hosono, Kaoru Saigo, Christos Samakovlis
The paper identifies a regulatory module that controls branch pruning in Drosophila airways by repurposing the branch extension program through Hox gene interference and extrinsic signaling.
DOI 10.64898/2026.04.24.720541