The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 36 > Issue 1 (Special Issue)

Cover Vol. 36 N. 1

Developmental Biology in Belgium

Edited by: Paulette Van Gansen

Introductory papers

Research and the teaching of developmental biology in Belgium.

P Van Gansen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 5-7

The discovery of meiosis by E. Van Beneden, a breakthrough in the morphological phase of heredity.

G Hamoir

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 9-15

The Brussels School of Embryology.

J G Mulnard

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 17-24

A pioneer of experimental mammalian embryology: Jacques Mulnard.

H Alexandre

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 25-27

Jean Brachet and his school.

H Alexandre

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 29-41

Lucien Vakaet, an avian embryologist.

P Van Gansen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 43-45

Special review

The developmental biology of neural connectivity.

A Ghysen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 47-58

Contributions

Molecular genetic approaches to plant development.

W Boerjan, B den Boer and M van Montagu

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 59-66

Controlling cellular development in a single cell system of Nicotiana.

J P Verbelen, D Lambrechts, D Stickens and W Tao

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 67-72

Plant protoplasts as genetic tool: selectable markers for developmental studies.

I Negrutiu, S Hinnisdaels, D Cammaerts, W Cherdshewasart, G Gharti-Chhetri and M Jacobs

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 73-84

The determination of sense organs in Drosophila: a search for interacting genes.

C Dambly-Chaudière and L Leyns

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 85-91

Segmental determination in Drosophila central nervous system: analysis of the abdominal-A region of the bithorax complex.

H Jijakli and A Ghysen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 93-99

The reeler gene: a clue to brain development and evolution.

A M Goffinet

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 101-107

C/EBP and c-JUN proteins activate the proximal enhancer of the developmentally regulated alpha-fetoprotein gene.

C Houart, J Szpirer and C Szpirer

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 109-114

Autonomous mesoderm formation in blastocoelic roof explants from inverted Xenopus embryos.

R Tencer and M Goldfinger

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 115-122

The arrest of cell migration in the chicken blastoderm: experimental evidence for the involvement of a band of extracellular fibrils associated with the basal lamina.

F Harrisson, L Andries and L Vakaet

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 123-137

Location of DNA within the nucleolus of rat oocytes during the early stages of follicular growth.

M Thiry and G Goessens

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 139-142

Control of microtubule nucleating activity in the cytoplasm of maturing mouse oocytes.

A Van Cauwenberge and H Alexandre

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 143-150

Biochemical characterization of subcellular particles in fetal and neonatal rats.

J Mertens-Strijthagen, C De Schryver, S Wattiaux-De Coninck and R Wattiaux

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 151-159

Evolution of the developmental scores of sixteen morphological features in mouse embryos displaying 0 to 30 somites.

G van Maele-Fabry, F Delhaise and J J Picard

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 161-167

A new interpretation of the necrotic changes occurring in the developing limb bud paddle of mouse embryos based upon recent observations in four different phenotypes.

J Milaire

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 169-178

Transdifferentiation of macrophages into fibroblasts as a result of Schistosoma mansoni infection.

S Bertrand, M Godoy, P Semal and P Van Gansen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 179-184

In vitro production of cattle embryos: review and Belgian results.

P Mermillod, A Massip and F Dessy

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 185-195

Review of scientific contributions by the Belgian medical centers concerned with human in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF).

Y Englert and M Van den Bergh

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1992) 36: 197-204