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The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Brian K. Hall

    1. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Discovery and Origins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Discovery

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 3-13

    3. Embryological Origins

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 14-33

    4. Evolutionary Origins

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 34-45

    5. Agnathans

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 46-57

  3. Derivatives and Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Amphibians

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 61-76

    3. Bony and Cartilaginous Fishes

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 77-88

    4. Reptiles and Birds

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 89-100

    5. Mammals

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 101-109

  4. Mechanisms and Malformations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Mechanisms of Migration

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 113-128

    3. Mechanisms of Differentiation

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 129-151

    4. Neurocristopathies

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 152-167

    5. Birth Defects

      • Brian K. Hall
      Pages 168-189

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 191-313
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About this book

Knowledge of the development and evolution of the neural crest sheds light on many of the oldest unanswered questions in developmental biology. What is the role of germ layers in early embryogenesis? How does the nervous system develop? How does the vertebrate head arise developmentally and how did it arise evolutionarily? How do growth factors and Hox genes direct cell differenti­ ation and embryonic patterning? What goes wrong when development is misdi­ rected by mutations or by exposure of embryos to exogenous agents such as drugs, alcohol, or excess vitamin A? In 1988, I was instrumental in organizing the publication of a facsimile reprint of the classic monograph by Sven Horstadius, The Neural Crest: Its properties and derivatives in the light of experimental research, which was originally pub­ lished in 1950. Included with the reprint was my analysis of more recent studies of the neural crest and its derivatives. The explosion of interest in and knowledge of the neural crest over the past decade, however, has prompted me to produce this new treatment. Here, as in my 1988 overview, I take a broad approach to the neural crest, dealing with its discovery, its embryological and evolutionary ori­ gins, its cellular derivatives-in both agnathan and jawed vertebrates or gnathos­ tomes-and the broad topics of migration and differentiation in normal development. Cells from the neural crest are also associated with many develop­ mental abnormalities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

    Brian K. Hall

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