Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................................................................................... vii
S ally A. Moody and Abraham Fainsod
Contributors ............................................................................................................................................................................ ix
SECTION I Contributions to Cell, Developmental, and Molecular Biology
Chapter 1 A Quick History of Xenopus: “ The Humble Batrachian” .................................................................................. 3
John B. Wallingford
Chapter 2 The Study of Cell Division Control and DNA Replication in Xenopus E gg Extracts ..................................... 13
Allis on M. Jevitt and Susannah Rankin
Chapter 3 Maternal mRNAs and the Making of Cell Lineages in the Early Xenopus Embryo ...................................... 25
Douglas W. Houston
Chapter 4 Signaling Components in Dorsal-Ventral Patterning and the Organizer in Xenopus...................................... 43
E dward M. De Robertis and Nydia Tejeda-Muñoz
Chapter 5 Signaling Pathways in Anterior-Posterior Patterning .......................................................................................51
Chenbei Chang
Chapter 6 Wnt Signaling in Tissue Differentiation and Morphogenesis .......................................................................... 65
S tefan Hoppler and Michael Kühl
Chapter 7 Multiple Functions of Notch Signaling during Early Embryogenesis ............................................................. 77
Silvia L. López
Chapter 8 The Development and Evolution of the Vertebrate Neural Crest: Insights from Xenopus ............................ 125
J oshua R. York and Carole LaBonne
Chapter 9 The Use of Xenopus O ocytes to Study the Biophysics and Pharmacological Properties
of Receptors and Channels ..............................................................................................................................143
At aúlfo Martínez-Torres and Elizabeth Pereida-Jaramillo
SECTION II Systems Biology and the Genomic Era
Chapter 10 The Continuing Evolution of the Xenopus Genome........................................................................................155
M ariko Kondo and Masanori Taira
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Preface .................................................................................................................................................................................... vii
S ally A. Moody and Abraham Fainsod
Contributors ............................................................................................................................................................................ ix
SECTION I Contributions to Cell, Developmental, and Molecular Biology
Chapter 1 A Quick History of Xenopus: “ The Humble Batrachian” .................................................................................. 3
John B. Wallingford
Chapter 2 The Study of Cell Division Control and DNA Replication in Xenopus E gg Extracts ..................................... 13
Allis on M. Jevitt and Susannah Rankin
Chapter 3 Maternal mRNAs and the Making of Cell Lineages in the Early Xenopus Embryo ...................................... 25
Douglas W. Houston
Chapter 4 Signaling Components in Dorsal-Ventral Patterning and the Organizer in Xenopus...................................... 43
E dward M. De Robertis and Nydia Tejeda-Muñoz
Chapter 5 Signaling Pathways in Anterior-Posterior Patterning .......................................................................................51
Chenbei Chang
Chapter 6 Wnt Signaling in Tissue Differentiation and Morphogenesis .......................................................................... 65
S tefan Hoppler and Michael Kühl
Chapter 7 Multiple Functions of Notch Signaling during Early Embryogenesis ............................................................. 77
Silvia L. López
Chapter 8 The Development and Evolution of the Vertebrate Neural Crest: Insights from Xenopus ............................ 125
J oshua R. York and Carole LaBonne
Chapter 9 The Use of Xenopus O ocytes to Study the Biophysics and Pharmacological Properties
of Receptors and Channels ..............................................................................................................................143
At aúlfo Martínez-Torres and Elizabeth Pereida-Jaramillo
SECTION II Systems Biology and the Genomic Era
Chapter 10 The Continuing Evolution of the Xenopus Genome........................................................................................155
M ariko Kondo and Masanori Taira
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