As you may recall, we have been deliberating for some time
on a topical outline for an issue of the International
Journal of Developmental Biology devoted to urodeles.
We want to thank all who have contributed ideas. What
follows represents our next-to-final version of the outline.
If you would like to see the outline modified (additions or
deletions), and of course if you would like to volunteer an
article, please communicated this directly to Susan Duhon by
September 20.
Please be advised that September 20 is the official "drop
dead" date. After that we set in motion an irreversible
process.
-----George Malacinski
Susan Duhon
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International Journal of Developmental Biology
Issue on Developmental Biology of Urodeles
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INTRODUCTION
Urodele model systems:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various
urodeles?
-----Nieuwkoop
Historical review:
When and where did urodele embryos come into prominence?
-----Beetschen
EMBRYONIC PATTERNING
What are the implications of the molecular organization of
large genomes to urodele development?
-----Vignali
What role do lampbrush chromosomes play in maternal gene
expression?
-----Angelier
Primordial Germ Cell development: Is the urodele pattern
closer to mammals than to anurans?
-----Masami Wakahara
MORPHOGENESIS
What mechanisms drive cell interactions and cell migration in
Pleurodeles?
-----Boucaut
What insights into the molecular features of inductive
interactions does the study of growth factors active in
urodeles provide?
-----Asashima
DIFFERENTIATION
What are the mechanisms behind neoteny and induced
metamorphosis in urodeles?
-----Rosenkilde and Ussing
What insights into the phenomena of cell fate determination
and cell migration has the study of the urodele neural crest
provided?
-----Epperlein and Lofberg
What have we learned about pigmentation from studying
urodeles?
-----Frost-Mason
IMMUNE RESPONSE
How have specific antigen recognition mechanisms evolved?
-----Charlemagne
NEUROGENESIS
How are urodeles employed as developmental neurobiology
models?
-----Eagleson
What are the mechanisms of neural induction in urodeles?
-----Duprat
How does the urodele ear develop?
-----Fritzsch
PATTERN REGULATION
Vertebrate Patterning along an Axis: What are we learning
from the study of appendage regeneration?
-----Stocum
When and where are Hox genes expressed in regeneration?
-----Bryant
Spinal column regeneration: A phenomenon unique to urodeles?
-----Chernoff
Cellular dedifferentiation: What role do nerves, wound
epithelium, and extracullular matrix play?
-----Mescher:
What are the mechanisms of lens and retina regeneration in
the urodele?
-----Mitashov
Heart Induction and Regeneration
-----Armstrong and Neff
DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION
What perspectives about phylogeny and development can be
derived from the study of Plethodontids?
-----Wake
Developmental pattern and constraint in evolutionary
analysis: What insights has the study of urodeles provided?
-----Alberch
What does the study of early pigment pattern tell us about
the evolutionary transformation of characters?
-----Parichy
Direct development
-----Hanken
LOOKING FORWARD
-----Brockes
APPENDICES
Inventory of probes etc. for urodele developmental biology
Inventory of provocative statements for the intellectual
development of urodele studies.
INDEX
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Susan T. Duhon Indiana University Axolotl Colony
Phone 812-855-8260 Jordan Hall 407
Fax 812-855-6705 Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
email duhon at indiana.edu
