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The neural crest in development and evolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hall, Brian K. (Brian Keith), 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [1999]
Subjects:
Neural Crest > embryology.
Biological Evolution.
Vertebrates > anatomy & histology.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Discovery and origins
  • Discovery
  • Zwischenstrang
  • Neural crest and germ-layer theory
  • Multiple tissues from single layers
  • Three germ layers in one: secondary neurulation and the Tailbud
  • The neural crest as a fourth germ layer
  • Embryological origins
  • Neural crest markers
  • Neural induction
  • Induction of the neural crest
  • Homoiogenetic induction
  • Placodal ectoderm
  • Rostro-Caudal patterning of the neural crest
  • Hox gene codes
  • Evolutionary origins-- Cephalochordates
  • Urochordates
  • Fossil cephalochordates
  • The first craniates and the evolution of cartilage
  • Other skeletal tissues
  • Neural crest and mesodermal skeletal tissues
  • Agnathans
  • Hagfish
  • Lampreys
  • Pt. 2. Derivatives and diversity
  • Amphibians
  • Pigment cells
  • Neuronal cells
  • Craniofacial mesenchyme and cartilage
  • Cement glands
  • Bony and cartilaginous fishes
  • The neural keel
  • Ganglia
  • Pigment cells
  • Labeling the neural crest in bony fishes
  • The visceral arch skeleton
  • Lateral line system
  • Fins
  • Genes and cell lines
  • Zebrafish mutants
  • Reptiles and birds
  • Reptiles
  • Birds
  • Mammals
  • Fate maps
  • Labeling and whole embryo culture
  • Teeth
  • Teratomas
  • Pt. 3. Mechanisms and malformations
  • Mechanisms of migration
  • Evidence of migration
  • Extracellular space
  • Intrinsic or imposed?
  • Extracellular matrix
  • Cessation of migration
  • Migration and patterning
  • Mechanisms of differentiation
  • Subpopulations of neural crest cells
  • Differentiation of bipotential cells: a role for growth factors
  • Epithelial evocation of cartilage
  • Mediation of differentiation by the extracellular matrix
  • Cascades of interactions in craniofacial development
  • Neural crest as inhibitor
  • Neurocristopathies
  • Types of neurocristopathies
  • Tumors
  • APUDomas
  • Cardiac defects and the DiGeorge Syndrome
  • A role for Hox genes
  • Birth defects
  • Susceptible stages of neural crest development
  • Vitamin A, craniofacial defects, and the neural crest
  • Defects following disruption of the Hox code
  • Mutations and birth defects
  • Species specificity
  • Regulation.