An Embryonic Cell's Fate Is Sealed by the Speed of a Signal

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 08:31 in Biology & Nature

When embryonic cells get the signal to specialize the call can come quickly. Or it can arrive slowly. Now, new research from Rockefeller University suggests the speed at which a cell in an embryo receives that signal has an unexpected influence on that cell's fate.

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