Vertebrate Myogenesis

The development of vertebrate muscle has long been a major area of research in developmental biology. During the last decade, novel technical approaches have allowed us to unravel to a large extent the mechanisms underlying muscle formation, and myogenesis has become one of the best-understood paradigms for cellular differentiation.

This book concisely summarizes our current knowledge about muscle development in vertebrates, from the determination of muscle precursors to terminal different...