In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 5)

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development:   Evolution of mesoderm induction Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are essential for mesoderm induction in vertebrates and for early mesoderm formation in invertebrate chordates. However, functional studies to date do not support a role for FGF signalling in mesoderm induction in other deuterostomes (animals [...]