Evolving neural crest cells /
Vertebrates possess lineage-specific characteristics. These include paired anterior sense organs and a robust, modular head skeleton built of cellular cartilage and bone. All of these structures are derived, at least partly, from an embryonic tissue unique vertebrates - the neural crest. The evoluti...
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CRC Press,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
Publication Dates: | [2021] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Evolutionary cell biology
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Summary: |
Vertebrates possess lineage-specific characteristics. These include paired anterior sense organs and a robust, modular head skeleton built of cellular cartilage and bone. All of these structures are derived, at least partly, from an embryonic tissue unique vertebrates - the neural crest. The evolutionary history of the neural crest, and neural crest cells, has been difficult to reconstruct. This volume will use a comparative approach to survey the development of the neural crest in vertebrates, and neural crest-like cells, across the metazoa. This information will be used to reveal neural crest evolution and identify the genomic, genetic, and gene-regulatory changes that drove them. Key selling features: Summarizes the data regarding neural crest cells and neural crest derivatives Uses a broad-based comparative approach Suggests hypothesis that the origin of neural crest cells involved the novel co-activation of ancient metazoan gene programs in neural border cells Illustrates how the emergences of neural crest made possible the diversification of vertebrate heads. |
Carrier Form: | x, 284 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781138630819 1138630810 |
Index Number: | QL938 |
CLC: | Q421 |
Call Number: | Q421/E939 |