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Advances in Morphogenesis

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Contributors to Volume 9

CHAPTER 1. INTERVENTION OF INTERNAI CORRELATIONS IN THE MORPHOGENESIS OF HIGHER PLANTS

I. Introduction

II. The Analysis of Morphogenesis

III. The Organ Determination and the Organizational Role of Various Parts of the Plant

IV. The Morphogenetic Role of Established Organs

V. Correlations and Control of Integration at the Level of Terminal Meristems

VI. Concerning Variations in Expression of Genotypic Functions

VII. By Way of Conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

CHAPTER 2. CELLULAR INTERACTIONS IN THE REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT IN ANNELIDS AND MOLLUSCS

I. Introduction

II. Descriptive Analysis

III. Morphogenetic Regulation

IV. Cellular Interactions in Mosaic Eggs

V. Regulation of Cephalopod Development

VI. Biochemical Regulation

VII. Evolution of Spiralian Development

VIII. Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

CHAPTER 3. VERTEBRATE LIMB ONTOGENY AND LIMB REGENERATION: MORPHOGENETIC PARALLELS

I. Introduction

II. Synopsis of Morphogenetic Factors in Limb Ontogeny

III. Morphogenetic Factors in Limb Regeneration

References

CHAPTER 4. PRIMARY INDUCTION IN BIRDS

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Methods

III. The Topography and Chronology of Invagination of the Embryonic Endoblast and the Chordamesoblast

IV. Competences of the Ectoblast

V. Inducing Capacities of the Primitive Streak and Its Derivatives

VI. The Effect of Various Chemical Substances on the Inducing Capacity and the Neural Competence

VII. The Main Characteristics of Primary Induction

VIII. The Problem of Heteroinduction

IX. Biochemical and Ultrastructural Aspects of the Primary Induction

X. Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

References

CHAPTER 5. THE ORGANOGENESIS AND ARRANGEMENT OF CUTANEOUS APPENDAGES IN BIRDS

I. Introduction

II. Terminology

III. Pterylae and Apteria

IV. Morphogenesis of a Feather Tract: the Spinal Pteryla

V. Chick versus Duck and Feathers versus Scales

VI. Conclusion

VII. Summary

References

CHAPTER 6. AVIAN GASTRULATION

I. Introduction

II. Brief Survey of Methods

III. Study of the Morphogenetic Movements

IV. Origin, Fate, and Movements in the Lower Layer

V. Origin, Fate, and Movements in the Mesoblastic Layer

VI. Localization and Elongation of the Medullary Plate

VII. Progressive Stabilization of the Presumptive Fate of the Various Primordia during Gastrulation

VIII. Summary and Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

CHAPTER 7. MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESES AND NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC INTERACTIONS IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT

I. Introduction

II. Oogenesis and Maturation

III. Fertilization

IV. Cleavage

V. Gastrulation and Primary Induction

VI. The Biochemistry of Hybrids and Early Lethal Mutants

VII. Cytochemical Analysis of the Activity of the Chromatin during Embryonic Differentiation

VIII. Future Research

References

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