The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution

The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution
ISBN-10
1475730640
ISBN-13
9781475730647
Category
Science
Pages
313
Language
English
Published
2013-03-14
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Author
Brian K. Hall

Description

A discussion of the neural crest and neural crest cells, dealing with their discovery, their embryological and evolutionary origins, their cellular derivatives - in both agnathan and jawed vertebrates or gnathostomes - and the broad topics of migration and differentiation in normal development. The book also considers what goes wrong when development is misdirected by mutations, or by exposure of embryos to exogenous agents such as drugs, alcohol, or excess vitamin A, and includes discussions of tumours and syndromes and birth defects involving neural crest cells.

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