The Neural Crest and Neural Crest Cells in Vertebrate Development and Evolution

2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-387-09845-6
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 799 g

A presentation of all aspects of neural crest cell origins (embryological and evolutionary) development and evolution; neural crest cell behavior (migration) and anomalies (neurocristopathies and birth defects) that arise from defective neural crest development. The treatment of development will include discussions of cellular, molecular and genetic aspects of the differentiation and morphogenesis of neural crest cells and structures derived from neural crest cells. The origins of the neural crest in embryology will be discussed using the recent information on the molecular basis of the specification of the neural crest. Also presented are the advances in our understanding of the evolution of jaws from studies on lampreys and of the neural crest from studies on ascidians and amphioxus.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Brian K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Discovery and Origins.- Discovery.- Embryological Origins and the Identification of Neural Crest Cells.- Delamination, Migration, and Potential.- Evolutionary Origins.- Neural-Crest Derivatives.- Pigment Cells (Chromatophores).- Neuronal Cells and Nervous Systems.- Cartilage Cells and Skeletal Systems.- Teeth and Hearts: The Odontogenic and Cardiac Neural Crests.- Abnormal Development and the Neural Crest.- Neurocristopathies.- NCC Development Revisited in the Context of Birth Defects.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Brian K. Hall has devoted much of his career to the study of the evolution and development of neural crest-derived skeletal tissues. He is a University Research Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a foreign fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.