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1Nodal signalling in the epiblast patterns the early mouse embryo by Jane Brennan and othersnodal-signalling-in-the-epiblast-patterns-the-early-mouse-embryo-by-jane-brennan-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Cell fate decisions within the mouse organizer are governed by graded Nodal signals by Stéphane D. Vincent and otherscell-fate-decisions-within-the-mouse-organizer-are-governed-by-graded-nodal-signals-by-stephane-d-vincent-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1FGF signaling regulates mesoderm cell fate specification and morphogenetic movement at the primitive streak by Brian Ciruna and Janet Rossantfgf-signaling-regulates-mesoderm-cell-fate-specification-and-morphogenetic-movement-at-the-primitive-streak-by-brian-ciruna-and-janet-rossant2026-10-202026-10-20
1A gradient of bicoid protein in Drosophila embryos by Wolfgang Driever and Christiane Nüsslein-Volharda-gradient-of-bicoid-protein-in-drosophila-embryos-by-wolfgang-driever-and-christiane-nusslein-volhard2026-10-202026-10-20
1The bicoid protein determines position in the Drosophila embryo in a concentration-dependent manner by Wolfgang Driever and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhardthe-bicoid-protein-determines-position-in-the-drosophila-embryo-in-a-concentration-dependent-manner-by-wolfgang-driever-and-christiane-nusslein-volhard2026-10-202026-10-20
1The Drosophila posterior-group gene nanos functions by repressing hunchback activity by Vivian Irish and othersthe-drosophila-posterior-group-gene-nanos-functions-by-repressing-hunchback-activity-by-vivian-irish-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1RNA regulatory elements mediate control of Drosophila body pattern by the posterior morphogen nanos by Robin P. Wharton and Gary Struhlrna-regulatory-elements-mediate-control-of-drosophila-body-pattern-by-the-posterior-morphogen-nanos-by-robin-p-wharton-and-gary-struhl2026-10-202026-10-20
1RNA recognition and translational regulation by a homeodomain protein by Josh Dubnau and Gary Struhlrna-recognition-and-translational-regulation-by-a-homeodomain-protein-by-josh-dubnau-and-gary-struhl2026-10-202026-10-20
1Dishevelled controls cell polarity during Xenopus gastrulation by John B. Wallingford and othersdishevelled-controls-cell-polarity-during-xenopus-gastrulation-by-john-b-wallingford-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Collective mesendoderm migration relies on an intrinsic directionality signal transmitted through cell contacts by Julien G. Dumortier and otherscollective-mesendoderm-migration-relies-on-an-intrinsic-directionality-signal-transmitted-through-cell-contacts-by-julien-g-dumortier-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Forces driving epithelial spreading in zebrafish gastrulation by Martin Behrndt and othersforces-driving-epithelial-spreading-in-zebrafish-gastrulation-by-martin-behrndt-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Archetypal organization of the amphioxus Hox gene cluster by Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez and Peter W. H. Hollandarchetypal-organization-of-the-amphioxus-hox-gene-cluster-by-jordi-garcia-fernandez-and-peter-w-h-holland2026-10-202026-10-20
1Developmental Roles of Pufferfish Hox Clusters and Genome Evolution in Ray-Fin Fish by Angel Amores and othersdevelopmental-roles-of-pufferfish-hox-clusters-and-genome-evolution-in-ray-fin-fish-by-angel-amores-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Hox cluster disintegration with persistent anteroposterior order of expression in Oikopleura dioica by Hee-Chan Seo and othershox-cluster-disintegration-with-persistent-anteroposterior-order-of-expression-in-oikopleura-dioica-by-hee-chan-seo-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Uncoupling time and space in the collinear regulation of Hox genes by Patrick Tschopp and othersuncoupling-time-and-space-in-the-collinear-regulation-of-hox-genes-by-patrick-tschopp-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1A switch between topological domains underlies HoxD genes collinearity in mouse limbs by Guillaume Andrey and othersa-switch-between-topological-domains-underlies-hoxd-genes-collinearity-in-mouse-limbs-by-guillaume-andrey-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans by Andrew Fire and otherspotent-and-specific-genetic-interference-by-double-stranded-rna-in-caenorhabditis-elegans-by-andrew-fire-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-4 encodes small RNAs with antisense complementarity to lin-14 by Rosalind C. Lee and othersthe-c-elegans-heterochronic-gene-lin-4-encodes-small-rnas-with-antisense-complementarity-to-lin-14-by-rosalind-c-lee-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
1Discrete small RNA-generating loci as master regulators of transposon activity in Drosophila by Julius Brennecke and othersdiscrete-small-rna-generating-loci-as-master-regulators-of-transposon-activity-in-drosophila-by-julius-brennecke-and-others2026-10-202026-10-20
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Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
Video 1.
Intro to OurBigBook
. Source.
We have two killer features:
  1. topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculus
    Articles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
    • a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
    • a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
    . View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivative
    Video 2.
    OurBigBook Web topics demo
    . Source.
  2. local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:
    This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
    Figure 2.
    You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either OurBigBook.com or as a static website
    .
    Figure 3.
    Visual Studio Code extension installation
    .
    Figure 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
    .
    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
    . Source.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
    .
    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact
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