Table of Contents

Preface Glossary 1. Sucking in the Gut: A Brief History of Early Studies on Gastrulation S. Brauckmann and S.F. Gilbert Part I: The Embryology of Gastrulation 2. Gastrulation in Sponges S.P. Leys 3. Gastrulation in the Cnidaria and Ctenophora C.A. Byrum and M.Q. Martindale 4. Gastrulation in Nematodes J. Nance and J.R. Priess 5. Gastrulation in the Molluscan Embryo J.A.M. van den Biggelaar and W.J.A.G. Dictus 6. Gastrulation in Crustaceans: Germ Layers and Cell Lineages M. Gerberding and N.H. Patel 7. Gastrulation in Drosophila M. Leptin 8. Gastrulation in Other Insects S. Roth 9. Sea Urchin Gastrulation D.R. McClay, J.M. Gross, R. Range, R.E. Peterson, and C. Bradham 10. Protochordate Gastrulation: Lancelets and Ascidians B.J. Swalla 11. Gastrulation in a Chondrichthyan, the Dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula T. Sauka-Spengler, J.-L. Plouhinec, and S. Mazan 12. Teleost Gastrulation D.A. Kane and R.M. Warga 13. Gastrulation in Amphibians R. Keller and D. Shook 14. Gastrulation in Reptiles E.H. Gilland and A.C. Burke 15. Gastrulation in the Chick C.D. Stern 16. Gastrulation in the Mouse Embryo P.P.L. Tam and J.M. Gad 17. Gastrulation in the Rabbit C. Viebahn 18. Gastrulation in Other Mammals and Humans G.S. Eakin and R.R. Behringer Part II: Cellular Events of Gastrulation 19. Cell Movements of Gastrulation R. Keller and L. Davidson 20. Morphogenetic Cellular Flows during Zebrafish Gastrulation R.J. Adams and C.B. Kimmel 21. Cell-Substrate Interactions during Deuterostome Gastrulation C.A. Ettensohn and R. Winklbauer 22. Chemotaxis in Coordinating Cell Movements during Gastrulation C.J. Weijer 23. Symmetry Breaking in the Egg of Xenopus laevis J. Gerhart 24. Breaking Radial Symmetry: Amniote Type S. Frankenberg and M. Zernicka-Goetz 25. Vertebrate Mesoderm Induction: From Frogs to Mice D. Kimelman and C. Bjornson 26. Dorsoventral Patterning of the Mesoderm R. Harland 27. Early Rostrocaudal Patterning of the Mesoderm and Neural Plate S.E. Fraser and C.D. Stern 28. Early Patterning of the Left/Right Axis D.S. Adams and M. Levin 29. Neural Induction C.D. Stern 30. Endoderm Development A. Grapin-Botton and D. Constam 31. Extraembryonic Tissues K.M. Downs Part III: The Molecular Biology of Gastrulation Signaling Pathways 32. FGF Signaling during Gastrulation J. Sivak and E. Amaya 33. Modulation of BMP Signaling during Vertebrate Gastrulation I. Mu f1;oz-Sanju e1;n and A.H. Brivanlou 34. Nodal Signaling during Gastrulation A.F. Schier 35. Activin and Vg1 and the Search for Embryonic Inducers D.S. Kessler 36. The Role of Wnts in Gastrulation D.W. Houston and C. Wylie 37. Roles of Notch during Gastrulation D.R. McClay, R. Peterson, and R. Range 38. Retinoid Signaling during Gastrulation M. Maden Transcription Factors 39. Role of Otx2 during Gastrulation A. Simeone 40. Function of the Winged Helix Transcription Factor HNF3 b2;/FoxA2 during Gastrulation D.C. Weinstein 41. Role of T-Box Genes during Gastrulation J.C. Smith 42. Goosecoid and Gastrulation E.M. De Robertis 43. Roles of Lim1 during Gastrulation W. Shawlot and R.R. Behringer 44. Not Homeobox Gene Function in Axial Mesoderm Development S. Mackem 45. Role of Siamois before and during Gastrulation L. Kodjabachian and P. Lemaire 46. Conserved and Divergent Roles of Twist in Gastrulation A. Tapanes-Castillo, V. Cox, and M. Baylies 47, The Snail Gene Family during Gastrulation A.V. Morales and M.A. Nieto 48. System-level Properties Revealed by a Gene Regulatory Network Analysis of Pre-gastrular Specification in Sea Urchins V.F. Hinman and E.H. Davidson Extracellular Components 49. The Extracellular Matrix of the Deuterostome Gastrula R. Winklbauer and C.A. Ettensohn 50. Carbohydrate and Lipid Modification of Developmental Signaling Molecules K. Nybakken and N. Perrimon Part IV: The Evolution of Gastrulation 51. Comparative Aspects of Gastrulation D. Arendt 52. The Evolution of Gastrulation: Cellular and Molecular Aspects A.L. Price and N.H. Patel 53. Fossil Embryos S. Conway Morris Part V: Open Questions 54. Gastrulation Overview: Open Questions L. Wolpert Index

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I enthusiastically recommend this book, and expect it will be highly valuable to students, teachers and researchers. The book provides a comprehensive, authoritative and modern view of our knowledge of gastrulation, and captures the excitement in this rapidly developing field. I imagine that many young readers will become intrigued by gastrulation and at least a few will become hooked by it forever after reading this book. Development The coverage of key topics within each chapter is comprehensive and well illustrated with numerous figures and the effort made to keep the styles of writing and illustrations consistent between chapters is helpful. The different chapters, each one written by experts in the field, not only give us the facts, but also clearly communicate the enthusiasm that the authors have for their topics. Nature Cell Biology The book succeeds by not limiting discussion to today's most popular model organisms and trendy molecules, but by including many organisms that have virtually disappeared from meeting presentations. The book contains 54 chapters separated into five parts that cover embryology, cell biology, molecular biology, evolution, and a brief overview of remaining questions. Chapter authors were encouraged to cite the primary literature in lieu of reviews, which should ensure that the book stands as a lasting resource for current and future developmental biologists. Intended for researchers, teachers, and students, some chapters will be accessible to all, while others will only be readily understood by advanced readers...It is a treat to skip through the chapters of this book. Readers will find it worth the price, and I thank Stern and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for compiling this snapshot of gastrulation studies at the turn of the 21st century. The Quarterly Review of Biology