The International Journal of Developmental Biology 

Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Argitalpen Zerbitzua/Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/University of the Basque Country Press

Volume 54 - Nº 4,  2010     Más información  [Abstract - FullText / FullText Open Access]

ISSN 1696-3547 (online) and 0214-6282 (print)

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CONTENTS  

Meeting Report

1st Joint Meeting of the French & Spanish Developmental Biology Societies (2009)
Alain Vincent and Eric Agius
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Essay

Michael Akam and the rise of evolutionary developmental biology
David L. Stern and Rachel E. Dawes-Hoang
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The seminal work of Werner Risau in the study of the development of the vascular system
Domenico Ribatti
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 567-572 

 
Original Articles

Insulin-like growth factor-2 regulates early neural and cardiovascular system development in zebrafish embryos
Lori Hartnett, Catherine Glynn, Catherine M. Nolan, Maura Grealy and Lucy Byrnes
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Intraovarian transplantation of stage I-II follicles results in viable zebrafish embryos Zsolt Csenki, Andreas Zaucker, Balázs Kovács, Yavor Hadzhiev, Árpád Hegyi, Katalin-Kinga Lefler, Tamás Müller, Róbert Kovács, Béla Urbányi László Váradi and Ferenc Müller
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 585-589 

 
Identification of the sperm motility-initiating substance in the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, and its possible relationship with the acrosome reaction during internal fertilization
Toshihiko Watanabe, Hideo Kubo, Shinya Takeshima, Mami Nakagawa, Manami Ohta, Saori Kamimura, Eriko Takayama-Watanabe, Akihiko Watanabe, and Kazuo Onitake
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 591-597 

 
Retinoid signalling is required for information transfer from mesoderm to neuroectoderm during gastrulation
Ferran Lloret-Vilaspasa, Hans J. Jansen, Koen de Roos, Rosh A.S. Chandraratna, Maija H. Zile, Claudio D. Stern and Antony J. Durston
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 599-608

 
XRASGRP2 is essential for blood vessel formation during Xenopus development
Kan Suzuki, Shuji Takahashi, Yoshikazu Haramoto, Yasuko Onuma, Kentaro Nagamine, Koji Okabayashi, Kohei Hashizume, Tadashi Iwanaka and Makoto Asashima
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A conserved MRF4 promoter drives transgenic expression in Xenopus embryonic somites and adult muscle
Timothy J. Hinterberger
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 617-625 

 
Effect of the gene transformer of Anastrepha on the somatic sexual development of Drosophila
María-Fernanda Ruiz and Lucas Sánchez
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 627-633

 
Ecdysone signaling is required for proper organization and fluid secretion of stellate cells in the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster
Naveen-Kumar Gautam and Madhu G. Tapadia
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 635-642

 
Both jnk and apoptosis pathways regulate growth and terminalia rotation during Drosophila genital disc development
Sergio Benitez, Claudia Sosa, Nicolás Tomasini and Ana Macías
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 643-653

 
Oscillatory Ca2+ dynamics and cell cycle resumption at fertilization in mammals: a modelling approach
Geneviève Dupont, Elke Heytens and Luc Leybaert
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 655-665 

 
Sperm mitochondria diaphorase activity – a gene mapping study of recombinant inbred strains of mice
Aniela Golas, Paulina Malek, Malgorzata Piasecka and Jozefa Styrna
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 667-673

 
The effect of superovulation on the contributions of individual blastomeres from 2-cell stage CF1 mouse embryos to the blastocyst
Mika Katayama and R. Michael Roberts
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 675-681 

 
Gonadal defects in Cited2 -mutant mice indicate a role for SF1 in both testis and ovary differentiation
Alexander N. Combes, Cassy M. Spiller, Vincent R. Harley, Andrew H. Sinclair, Sally L. Dunwoodie, Dagmar Wilhelm and Peter Koopman
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 683-689

 
Microarchitectural changes during development of the cerebellar cortex
Miriam Mecha, Angel L. Peña-Melián and Maria J. Blanco
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 691-698 

 
Pdx1-transfected adipose tissue-derived stem cells differentiate into insulin-producing cells in vivo and reduce hyperglycemia in diabetic mice
Hiromitsu Kajiyama, Tatsuo S. Hamazaki, Makoto Tokuhara, Shinji Masui, Koji Okabayashi, Kiyoshi Ohnuma, Shigeharu Yabe, Kazuki Yasuda, Shoichi Ishiura, Hitoshi Okochi and Makoto Asashima
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 699-705 

 
Increased cellular turnover in response to fluoxetine in neuronal precursors derived from human embryonic stem cells
Eun-Ah Chang, Zeki Beyhan, Myung-Sik Yoo, Kannika Siripattarapravat, Tak Ko, Keith J. Lookingland, Burra V. Madhukar and Jose B. Cibelli
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 707-715

 
Short Communications

Estrogenic in vitro assay on mouse embryonic Leydig cells
Gina La Sala, Donatella Farini and Massimo De Felici
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 717-722 

 
Structural and ultrastructural characterization of the embryonic development of Pseudoplatystoma spp. hybrids
Francine Faustino, Laura S.O. Nakaghi, Camila Marques, Luciana N. Ganeco and Lilian C. Makino
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 723-730 

 
Developmental Expression Patterns

Characterization of an lhx1a transgenic reporter in zebrafish
Lisa M. Swanhart, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Rachel L. Jackson, Gregory A. Gibson, Simon C. Watkins, Igor B. Dawid and Neil A. Hukriede
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 731-736 

 
Dynamic expression of Endoglin, a TGF-beta co-receptor, during pre-circulation vascular development in chick
Cantas Alev, Brendan A.S. McIntyre, Kanako Ota and Guojun Sheng
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 737-742 

 
Early expression of axon guidance molecules in the embryonic chick mesencephalon and pretectum
Kerry-Lyn Riley, Sarah Gledhill and Frank R. Schubert
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Analysis of SOX2 expression in developing human testis and germ cell neoplasia
Si B. Sonne, Rebecca M. Perrett, John E. Nielsen, Melissa A. Baxter, David M. Kristensen, Henrik Leffers, Neil A. Hanley and Ewa Rajpert-De-Meyts
UBC Press - The International Journal of Developmental Biology (2010) Vol 54, Nº 4: 755-760