The Molecular Biology of Cell Determination and Cell Differentiation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Specification of Regional Patterns of Cell Fate in Animal Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Role of Cytoplasmic Determinants in Embryonic Development

      • William R. Jeffery

      Pages 3-56

   3. Determination of Pattern and Fate in Early Embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans

      • William B. Wood

      Pages 57-78

   4. Cellular Interactions in Establishment of Regional Patterns of Cell Fate during Development

      • J. C. Smith

      Pages 79-125

   5. A New Look at Spemann’s Organizer

      • Johannes F. Holtfreter

      Pages 127-150

   6. The Molecular Biology of Pattern Formation in the Early Embryonic Development of Drosophila

      • Matthew P. Scott

      Pages 151-185

3. Developmental Regulation of Gene Expression in Animals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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   2. Regulation of Actin Gene Expression during Sea Urchin Development

      • William R. Crain Jr.

      Pages 189-208

   3. Regulation of the Mid-Blastula Transition in Amphibians

      • Laurence D. Etkin

      Pages 209-225

   4. Expression of Ribosomal Protein Genes during Xenopus Development

      • W. Michael Wormington

      Pages 227-240

   5. Regulation of Expression of Xenopus Vitellogenin Genes

      • Jamshed R. Tata

      Pages 241-265

   6. Developmental Regulation of the rosy Locus in Drosophila melanogaster

      • F. Lee Dutton Jr., Arthur Chovnick

      Pages 267-316

   7. Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Strategies in Neuroendocrine Gene Expression

      • Michael Rosenfeld, E. Bryan Crenshaw III, Ronald Emeson, Stuart Leff, Jeffrey Guise, Sergio Lira et al.

      Pages 317-334

   8. Hypomethylation of DNA in the Regulation of Gene Expression

      • Lois A. Chandler, Peter A. Jones

      Pages 335-349

4. The Molecular Biology of Plant Growth and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 351-351

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   2. Molecular Biology of Plant Growth and Development

      • Elliot M. Meyerowitz, Caren Chang

      Pages 353-366

   3. Regulation of Gene Expression during Seed Development in Flowering Plants

      • Martha L. Crouch

      Pages 367-404

   4. Development and Differentiation of the Root Nodule

      • N. A. Morrison, D. P. S. Verma, T. Bisseling

      Pages 405-425

5. Back Matter

   Pages 427-439

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This series was established to create comprehensive treatises on specific topics in developmental biology. Such volumes serve a useful role in developmental biology, which is a very diverse field that receives contributions from a wide variety of disciplines. This series is a meeting ground for the various practi­ tioners of this science, facilitating an integration of heterogeneous information on specific topics. Each volume is comprised of chapters selected to provide the conceptual basis for a comprehensive understanding of its topic as well as an analysis of the key experiments upon which that understanding is based. The specialist in any aspect of developmental biology should understand the experimental back­ ground of the specialty and be able to place that body of information in context, in order to ascertain where additional research would be fruitful. The creative process then generates new experiments. This series is intended to be a vital link in that ongoing process of learning and discovery.

• Drosophila
• Embryo
• Gastrulation
• Mesoderm
• Xenopus laevis
• arabidopsis thaliana
• cell division
• genes
• transcription

• University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

  Leon W. Browder

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