
Determinants of Spatial Organization
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1979
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Stephen Subtelny
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 1 2 9 8 3 - 0
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 3 1 6 3 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 5 4 3 9 - 0
Determinants of Spatial Organization documents the proceedings of the 35th symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology in 1978. The symposium brings together a diverse group… Read more

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Request a sales quoteDeterminants of Spatial Organization documents the proceedings of the 35th symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology in 1978. The symposium brings together a diverse group of investigators who are engaged in the analysis of mechanisms involved in spatial organization. The contributions made by researchers at the symposium are organized into three parts. Part I on the cytoplasmic localization of determinants includes studies on fine structure of cytoplasmic specializations of the polar lobe of molluscan embryos; the fine structure of the polar granules of Drosophila eggs; and the polarity of rhizoid formation in Fucus. Part II deals with maternal-effect mutants of developmental processes. It includes studies on temperature sensitive maternal effect mutants in the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans; the nature of the control of gene action during development; and deviations from normal development observed in mutant embryos of Drosophila melanogaster. Part III examines pattern formation in developing systems. It includes studies on intracellular patterning in Tetrahymena; developmental properties of nerve-free hydra; and intercellular interactions and pattern formation in filamentous cyanobacteria.
Contributors and Presiding Chairpersons
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Cytoplasmic Localization in Early Development
The Ultrastructure and Role of the Polar Lobe in Development of Molluscs
Cytoplasmic Determinants of Tissue Differentiation in the Ascidian Egg
The Multiple Roles which Cell Division Can Play in the Localization of Developmental Potential
The Control of the Polar Deposition of a Sulfated Polysaccharide in Fucus Zygotes
Analysis of a Morphogenetic Determinant in an Insect Embryo (Smittia Spec, Chironomidae, Diptera)
Germ Plasm and Pole Cells of Drosophila
II. Maternal Effect Mutants of Development
Temperature Sensitive Maternal Effect Mutants of Early Development in Caenorhabditis elegans
A Specific Case of Genetic Control of Early Development: the o Maternal Effect Mutation of the Mexican Axolotl
Maternal Effect Mutations that Alter the Spatial Coordinates of the Embryo of Drosophila melanogaster
III. Pattern Formation in Developing Systems
An Analysis of Cell-Surface Patterning in Tetrahymena
Intercellular Interactions and Pattern Formation in Filamentous Cyanobacteria
Development of Hydra Lacking Interstitial and Nerve Cells ("Epithelial Hydra")
Pattern Formation, Growth Control and Cell Interactions in Drosophila Imaginal Discs
Pattern Formation and Compartments in the Tarsus of Drosophila
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1979
- No. of pages (eBook): 358
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780126129830
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124316362
- eBook ISBN: 9780323154390
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