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The Vertebrate Organizer

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Editors:
  1. Horst Grunz

    1. FB9 Department of Zoophysiology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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  • Recent data about molecular events in early vertebrate embryogenesis

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Early Steps Leading to the Formation of the Organizer

    1. Maternal VegT and ß-Catenin: Patterning the Xenopus Blastula

      • Matthew Kofron, Jennifer Xanthos, Janet Heasman
      Pages 1-10

    2. Short-Versus Long-Range Effects of Spemann’s Organizer

      • Ira L. Blitz, Ken W. Y. Cho
      Pages 11-23

    3. Formation of the Endoderm in Xenopus

      • Hugh R. Woodland, Debbie Clements
      Pages 25-40

    4. Role of Fox Genes During Xenopus Embryogenesis

      • Hsiu-Ting Tseng, Isaac Brownell, Ryuju Hashimoto, Heithem El-Hodiri, Olga Medina-Martinez, Rina Shah et al.
      Pages 41-54

  3. The Role of the Organizer

    1. The Molecular Nature of Spemann’s Organizer

      • E. M. De Robertis, Oliver Wessely
      Pages 55-71

    2. The Community Effect in Xenopus Development

      • Henrietta J. Standley, J. B. Gurdon
      Pages 73-91

    3. Regulation of Spemann’s Organizer Formation

      • Abraham Fainsod, Vered Levy
      Pages 93-111

    4. Transcriptional Repression in Spemann’s Organizer and the Formation of Dorsal Mesoderm

      • Sergey Yaklichkin, Aaron B. Steiner, Daniel S. Kessler
      Pages 113-126

    5. Wnt Signals and Antagonists: The Molecular Nature of Spemann’s Head Organizer

      • Christof Niehrs
      Pages 127-149

    6. Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proneural Genes and Neurogenesis in Xenopus Embryos

      • Eric Bellefroid, Jacob Souopgui
      Pages 151-172

    7. Organizer Activities Mediated by Retinoic Acid Signaling

      • Yonglong Chen, Thomas Hollemann, Tomas Pieler
      Pages 173-186

    8. Wnt Signalling and Regulation of Gastrulation Movements

      • De-Li Shi
      Pages 187-200

  4. The Organizer and Pattern Formation

    1. How Cell-Cell Adhesion Contributes to Early Embryonic Development

      • Gui Ruan, Doris Wedlich, Almut Köhler
      Pages 201-218

    2. Patterning Non-neural Ectoderm by Organizer-Modulated Homeodomain Factors

      • Thomas D. Sargent
      Pages 219-231

  5. Axis Formation and Organogenesis

    1. Embryonic Organogenesis and Body Formation in Amphibian Development

      • M. Asashima, A. Sogame, T. Ariizumi, T. Igarashi
      Pages 233-255

    2. Organizing the Eye

      • Robert Vignali, Massimiliano Andreazzoli, Federico Cremisi, Giuseppina Barsacchi
      Pages 257-278

    3. A Critical Role for Retinoid Receptors in Axial Patterning and Neuronal Differentiation

      • Andrés E. Carrasco, Bruce Blumberg
      Pages 279-298

    4. Molecular Patterning of the Embryonic Brain

      • Esther Bell, Ali H. Brivanlou
      Pages 299-313

    5. Epidermal, Neuronal and Glial Cell Fate Choice in the Embryo

      • Marc Moreau, Philippe Cochard, Anne-Marie Duprat
      Pages 315-341
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About this book

The organizer area plays a central role in the formation of the embryonic axis and the central nervous system of all vertebrates including the human fetus. In The Vertebrate Organizer outstanding molecular development biologists and embryologists report their latest approaches in this fascinating research area using different vertebrate model organisms. The presented data are of central importance for the understanding of early human embryogenesis.

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From the reviews:

"Horst Grunz has done a great job in editing a splendid book on vertebrate early development … and has collected a great team of leading researchers as authors for the different chapters. … The book is nicely produced and most chapters well illustrated. … The book is also well bound and will withstand intense use in libraries, laboratories and offices. … it is a very fine book indeed, and can be recommended to research workers and advanced students of induction and pattern formation." (Lennart Olsson, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Vol. 43 (3), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • FB9 Department of Zoophysiology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Horst Grunz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Vertebrate Organizer

  • Editors: Horst Grunz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10416-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-14032-0Published: 16 December 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05732-8Published: 09 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-10416-3Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 428

  • Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations, 84 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Developmental Biology, Animal Genetics and Genomics, Vertebrates, Cell Biology

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