title: The Sweetness of Embryonic Elongation and Differentiation.
abstract: Metabolic pathways play a vital yet poorly understood role in embryogenesis. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Bulusu et al. (2017) and Oginuma et al. (2017) provide insights into the intricate relationship between metabolism and morphogenesis, showing that glycolysis facilitates body elongation and balances neural and mesodermal differentiation.
authors.affiliation: The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK.
authors.forename: Sundar R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Naganathan
authors.affiliation: The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, NW1 1AT London, UK; Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences and School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: andrew.oates@epfl.ch.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Oates
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D047108:Embryonic Development; D006801:Humans; D009024:Morphogenesis