Advances in Developmental Biology

by Paul Wassarman

Overview

Volume 4 of Advances in Developmental Biology and Biochemistry consists of five chapters that review specific aspects of fly and mammalian development. In Chapter 1, Y. Mishina and R. Behringer discuss various aspects of Müllerian-inhibiting substance (MIS) in mammals, from a brief history of its discovery to recent studies of the MIS gene in transgenic and knock-out animals. In Chapter 2, C. Rushlow and S. Roth discuss the role of the dpp-group genes in dorsoventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo. In Chapter 3, M. Yip and H. Lipshitz discuss the terminal (asegmental termini) gene hierarchy of Drosophila and the genetic control of tissue specification and morphogenesis. In Chapter 4, R. Bachvarova discusses induction of mesoderm and the origin of anterior-posterior polarity in the mouse embryo, using the frog embryo as a paradigm. In Chapter 5, P. Vogt discusses human Y chromosome function in male germ cell development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559389693
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	06/25/1996
Series:	Advances in Developmental Biology , #4
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	0.69(w) x 6.14(h) x 9.21(d)

Table of Contents

Contents. List of Contributors. Preface (P.M. Wassarman). The Sry Gene and Sex Determination in Mammals (B. Chapel and R. Lovell-Badge). Molecular and Genetic Studies of Human X Chromosome Inactivation (C.J. Brown and H.F. Willard). Genomic Imprinting in the Regulation of Mammalian Development (C.L. Stewart). Cell Interactions in Neural Crest Cell Migration (M. Bronner-Fraser). Enzymes and Morphogenesis: Alkaline Phosphatase and Control of Cell Migration (S.L. Zackson). Index.