Examines the establishment of the germ layers and other cell lineages in the early embryo including details of cell movements during the beginning stages of primitive streak formation. Discusses patterns of gene expression during the development of such tissues as the limb bud, skeletal, muscle and the central nervous systems placing special emphasis on commitment to particular cell types. Although it concentrates on the mouse as an example of mammalian development–chick, amphibian and Drosophila embryogenesis are employed whenever these organisms are more applicable to the study of a particular problem.
Cuprins
Partial table of contents:
Clonal Analysis of Cell Fate During Gastrulation and Early
Neurulation in the Mouse (K. Lawson & R. Pedersen).
Use of Chimeras to Study Gene Function in Mesodermal Tissues
During Gastrulation and Early Organogenesis (R. Beddington, et
al.).
Action of the Brachyury Gene in Mouse Embryogenesis (B.
Herrmann).
Molecular Mechanisms of Pattern Formation in the Vetebrate
Hindbrain (M. Nieto, et al.).
Myogenesis in the Mouse (M. Buckingham, et al.).
Development of the Skeletal System (R. Balling, et
al.).
Development of the Left–Right Axis (N. Brown, et
al.).
Use of Embryonic Stem Cells to Study Mutations Affecting
Postimplantation Development in the Mouse (E. Robertson, et
al.).
Genetic Manipulation of the Mouse via Gene Targeting in
Embryonic Stem Cells (A. Bradley, et al.).
Indexes.
Despre autor
Derek J. Chadwick and Joan Marsh are editors for Postimplantation Development in the Mouse and other scientific titles.