The Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution

by Brian K. Hall

Overview

A presentation of all aspects of neural crest cell origins (embryological and evolutionary) development and evolution; neural crest cell behavior (migration) and anomalies (neurocristopathies and birth defects) that arise from defective neural crest development. The treatment of development will include discussions of cellular, molecular and genetic aspects of the differentiation and morphogenesis of neural crest cells and structures derived from neural crest cells. The origins of the neural crest in embryology will be discussed using the recent information on the molecular basis of the specification of the neural crest. Also presented are the advances in our understanding of the evolution of jaws from studies on lampreys and of the neural crest from studies on ascidians and amphioxus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441935427
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/29/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition 2009
Pages:	402
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Dr. Brian K. Hall has devoted much of his career to the study of the evolution and development of neural crest-derived skeletal tissues. He is a University Research Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a foreign fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Table of Contents

Discovery and Origins.- Discovery.- Embryological Origins and the Identification of Neural Crest Cells.- Delamination, Migration, and Potential.- Evolutionary Origins.- Neural-Crest Derivatives.- Pigment Cells (Chromatophores).- Neuronal Cells and Nervous Systems.- Cartilage Cells and Skeletal Systems.- Teeth and Hearts: The Odontogenic and Cardiac Neural Crests.- Abnormal Development and the Neural Crest.- Neurocristopathies.- NCC Development Revisited in the Context of Birth Defects.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

“The new edition of ‘The Neural Crest’ – the first edition was published in 1999 – again tries to consider all aspects of neural crest cells. … At the end, there is an overwhelming list of references … and the obligatory index. … There is plenty for both researchers and scientists … in this well-organized and clearly written book.” (Hartmut Greven, Bulletin of Fish Biology, Vol. 11 (1/2), December, 2009)

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