Vol. 40 No. 1 (1996) pp.1-439

Developmental Biology in Germany

Introductory papers

On the causation of animal morphogenesis: concepts of German-speaking authors from Theodor Schwann (1839) to Richard Goldschmidt (1927).
K Sander
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 7-20 From the Aristotelian soul to genetic and epigenetic information: the evolution of the modern concepts in developmental biology at the turn of the century.
W A Müller
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 21-26 Boveri's contributions to developmental biology--a challenge for today.
K B Moritz and H W Sauer
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 27-47 Hans Spemann (1869-1941) and the Freiburg School of Embryology.
P E Fässler
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 49-57 Memories of Professor Hans Spemann's Department of Zoology at the University of Freiburg, 1920-1932.
V Hamburger
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 59-62 The impact of Spemann's concepts on molecular embryology.
H Steinbeisser
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 63-68 Alfred Kühn, his work and his contribution to molecular biology.
A Egelhaaf
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 69-75 Morphogenesis, Seidel's legacy for developmental biology and challenge for molecular embryologists.
H W Sauer, F E Schwalm and K B Moritz
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 77-82 Genes and development: an early chapter in German developmental biology.
U Grossbach
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 83-87 The origin of developmental physiology of plants in Germany.
M Bopp
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 89-92 On the hormonal control of insect metamorphosis. A historical review.
P Karlson
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 93-96 Sea urchin embryology in the sixties.
G Czihak
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 97-101 The impact of the Zoological Station in Naples on developmental physiology.
I Müller
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 103-111

Interview

The long road to chemical and molecular embryology. What amphibians can teach us on differentiation. An interview with Professor Heinz Tiedemann.
Horst Grunz
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 113-122

Contributions

Models of biological pattern formation: common mechanism in plant and animal development.
H Meinhardt
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 123-134 On the role of calcium during chemotactic signalling and differentiation of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum.
D Malchow, R Mutzel and C Schlatterer
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 135-139 Macronucleus structure and macronucleus development in hypotrichous ciliates.
H J Lipps and C Eder
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 141-147 Drosophila differentiation genes instrumental in tumor suppression.
E Gateff, U Kurzik-Dumke, J Wismar, T Löffler, N Habtemichael, L Konrad, S Dreschers, S Kaiser and U Protin
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 149-156 Regulation and function of the terminal gap gene huckebein in the Drosophila blastoderm.
G Brönner and H Jäckle
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 157-165 Spermatogenesis in Drosophila.
W Hennig
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 167-176 Structural and functional properties of linker histones and high mobility group proteins in polytene chromosomes.
J R Wisniewski and U Grossbach
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 177-187 Muscle development and attachment to the epidermis is accompanied by expression of beta 3 and beta 1 tubulin isotypes, respectively.
D Buttgereit, A Paululat and R Renkawitz-Pohl
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 189-196 Larval and imaginal pathways in early development of Drosophila.
R Harbecke, M Meise, A Holz, R Klapper, E Naffin, V Nordhoff and W Janning
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 197-204 Allatotropin released by the brain controls larval molting in Galleria mellonella by affecting juvenile hormone synthesis.
M Bogus and K Scheller
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 205-210 Cell lineage and cell fate in crustacean embryos--a comparative approach.
G Scholtz and W Dohle
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 211-220 Large scale genetics in a small vertebrate, the zebrafish.
P Haffter and C Nüsslein-Volhard
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 221-227 Neural crest cell migration and pigment pattern formation in urodele amphibians.
H H Epperlein, J Löfberg and L Olsson
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 229-238 Localization of a high molecular weight form of DNA topoisomerase I in amphibian oocytes.
D Gebauer, C Mais, K Zinger, R Hock, B Lieb and U Scheer
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 239-244 A fork head related multigene family is transcribed in Xenopus laevis embryos.
J Lef, P Dege, M Scheucher, V Forsbach-Birk, J H Clement and W Knöchel
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 245-253 Retinoic acid receptors and nuclear orphan receptors in the development of Xenopus laevis.
C Dreyer and H Ellinger-Ziegelbauer
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 255-262 Spatial arrangement of intra-nucleolar rDNA chromatin in amplified Xenopus oocyte nucleoli: structural changes precede the onset of rDNA transcription.
H Spring, B Meissneer, R Fischer, D Mouzaki and M F Trendelenburg
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 263-272 Nucleoskeleton and nucleo-cytoplasmic transport in oocytes and early development of Xenopus laevis.
F Rudt, I Firmbach-Kraft, M Petersen, T Pieler and R Stick
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 273-278 Factors responsible for the establishment of the body plan in the amphibian embryo.
H Grunz
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 279-289 Zinc finger proteins in early Xenopus development.
T Hollemann, E Bellefroid, R Stick and T Pieler
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 291-295 Regulation and function of the tissue-specific transcription factor HNF1 alpha (LFB1) during Xenopus development.
H Weber, E P Strandmann, B Holewa, S Bartkowski, D Zapp, C Zoidl and G U Ryffel
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 297-304 Mesoderm migration in the Xenopus gastrula.
R Winklbauer, M Nagel, A Selchow and S Wacker
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 305-311 Metamorphosis and pattern formation in Hydractinia echinata, a colonial hydroid.
M Walther, R Ulrich, M Kroiher and S Berking
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 313-322 Signals and signal-transduction systems in the control of development in Hydra and Hydractinia.
M Hassel, T Leitz and W A Müller
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 323-330 Checkpoints in the life-cycle of Cassiopea spp.: control of metagenesis and metamorphosis in a tropical jellyfish.
D K Hofmann, W K Fitt and J Fleck
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 331-338 Neuronal control of development in hydra.
H C Schaller, I Hermans-Borgmeyer and S A Hoffmeister
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 339-344 Targeted inactivation of myogenic factor genes reveals their role during mouse myogenesis: a review.
H H Arnold and T Braun
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 345-353 Malformations after radiation exposure of preimplantation stages.
C Streffer and W U Müller
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 355-360 Expression pattern of different gap junction connexins is related to embryo implantation.
R Grümmer, B Reuss and E Winterhager
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 361-367 Pax and vertebrate development.
R Wehr and P Gruss
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 369-377 Stage and developmental specific gene expression during mammalian spermatogenesis.
K Nayernia, I Adham, H Kremling, K Reim, M Schlicker, G Schlüter and W Engel
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 379-383 Stage-specific gene expression during rat spermatogenesis: application of the mRNA differential display method.
A Geisinger, R Wettstein and R Benavente
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 385-388 Epithelial cell polarity and embryo implantation in mammals.
M Thie, P Fuchs and H W Denker
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 389-393 Organization and expression of the developmentally regulated H1(o) histone gene in vertebrates.
D Doenecke and A Alonso
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 395-401 Fibroblast growth factor and its implications for developing and regenerating neurons.
C Grothe and K Wewetzer
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 403-410 The formation of somite compartments in the avian embryo.
B Brand-Saberi, J Wilting, C Ebensperger and B Christ
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 411-420 Metabolism of oocyte construction and the generation of histospecificity in the cleaving egg. Lessons from nereid annelids.
A Fischer, A W Dorresteijn and U Hoeger
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 421-430 The use of fluorescent marker dyes for studying intercellular communication in nematode embryos.
O Bossinger and E Schierenberg
Int. J. Dev. Biol. (1996) 40: 431-439

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