Current Topics In Developmental Biology

In keeping with the tradition of excellence of past volumes of Current Topics in Developmental Biology, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of major issues at the forefront of modern developmental biology and developmental medicine. Astonishing discoveries are presented in thoughtful and forward-looking articles. THE DEVELOPMENTAL ROLES AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HEDGEHOG SIGNALLING-An extraordinary treatise on the comprehensive and integrated considerations of the Hedgehog genes and their gene products in invertebrate and vertebrate development. GENOMIC IMPRINTING: COULD THE CHROMATIN STRUCTURE BE THE DRIVING FORCE?-Examines methylated Cytosine, the "fifth" nucleotide in mammals, that remains mysterious but of crucial importance in human and mammalian development and disease. THE ONTOGENY OF HEMATOPOIESIS: EXAMINING THE EMERGENCY OF HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS IN THE VERTEBRATE EMBRYO-Considers another new topicStem Cell Ontogeny, especially in the hematopoeisis. PATTERNING THE SEA URCHIN EMBRYO: GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS, SIGNALING PATHWAYS AND CELLULAR INTERACTIONS-Presents the exceptional investigations on body axis determination and patterning. Clinical and fundamental researchers, as well as students and other professionals, will find this series an indispensable guide to current topics in cellular and molecular approaches to developmental biology and clinical problems of aberrant development. This volume in particular will be essential reading for anyone interested in stem cells, signaling, medical implications of developmental determinants, hematopoeisis, axis specification and molecular genetics of development.Schatten, Gerald P. is the author of 'Current Topics In Developmental Biology ', published 2002 under ISBN 9780121531539 and ISBN 0121531538.