| Description |
1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Series |
Evolutionary Cell Biology Ser |
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Evolutionary Cell Biology Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Section I: Development and Evolutionary Origin of the Notochord -- Chapter 1 Introduction to the Notochord and to Notochord Cells -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Structure of the Notochord -- A. Notochord Cells (Chordocytes) -- B. The Notochord Sheath -- 1.3 Function of the Notochord and Notochord Cells -- A. The Primary Chordate Axial Skeleton -- B. Signals for Neural and Ectodermal Induction -- C. Signals for Somitic Mesodermal Induction |
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D. Integration of Axial Structures at the Phylotypic Stage -- E. Fate in Later Ontogeny -- 1.4 Differentiation of Notochord Cells -- A. Stack of Coins -- B. Notochord Epithelium -- C. Development of the Notochord Sheath -- 1.5 Notochord as Cartilage -- 1.6 Summary -- Chapter 2 Discovery and Evolutionary Origin of the Notochord -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Chordates -- A. Cephalochordates -- B. Tunicates -- 2.3 Hemichordates: A Phylum Outside the Chordates -- 2.4 Discovery that Amphioxus and Ascidians Possess a Notochord -- A. Amphioxus -- B. Ascidians (Tunicates) |
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2.5 Annelids as Chordate Ancestors -- A. The 1870s: Midline Structures, Segmentation and an Annelid Origin for Chordates -- B. The 20th C: Dorso-Ventral Inversion -- C. The 1990s: The Stomochord, Axochord and Gene-Based Homology Hypotheses -- 2.6 Vertebrates -- A. Albert Kölliker's 1859 Paper -- B. Notochord Structure and Function in Vertebrates -- 2.7 Searching for Chordates and Early Vertebrates in the Fossil Record -- A. Cambrian Fossils: Candidate Chordates -- B. Candidate Vertebrate: Jamoytius kerwoodi, Conodonts and the "Tully Monster" -- a. Jamoytius kerwoodi -- b. Conodonts |
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C. The "Tully Monster" -- 2.8 Developmental Biology and Palaeontology -- 2.9 Summary -- Chapter 3 Germ-Layer Origin of the Notochord: Endoderm or Mesoderm -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Notochord, Vertebral Column and Neural Tube -- 3.3 Developmental Origin of the Notochord -- A. Notochord as Endodermal -- B. Notochord as Mesodermal -- C. Notochord as Ectodermal -- D. Chordamesoderm and the Organizer -- E. The Dorsal Organizer -- F. The Anterior Notochord -- 3.4 The Notochord in Human Embryos -- 3.5 The Tail Bud, Secondary Neurulation and Secondary Notochord Extension |
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3.6 External Tails in Humans -- 3.7 Summary -- Section II: Function of the Notochord and Notochord Sheath -- Chapter 4 Function of the Notochord in Early Embryonic Development -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Midline Dorso-Ventral Organization: The Floor Plate -- 4.3 Notochord-Mesoderm Signaling Segregates Myotome from Sclerotome -- 4.4 The Notochord and Chondrogenesis of Sclerotomal Mesoderm in Tetrapods -- A. Removal or Transplantation of the Notochord and/or Neural Tube -- B. Molecular Signaling Cascades and Vertebral Chondrogenesis -- a. Shh, Noggin and Gremlin1 -- b. Pax1, Pax9 and Sox9 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.5 Notochord Signaling and Vertebral Morphogenesis in Tetrapods |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hall, Brian K
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| ISBN |
9781498787925 |
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1498787924 |
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