Abstract
Ectopic or supernumerary ureteric bud (UB) branches can result in urinary tract obstruction. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Zhang etal. (2019) show that Ret and Fat4, which are expressed on the surface of the UB and surrounding stromal cells, respectively, interact directly to restrict branching during UB outgrowth.
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