Vol 44(1) | The International Journal of Developmental Biology

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Developmental Biology in Britain

Edited by: Jim Smith

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Representative members of Developmental Biology in Britain in the 20th century. From left to right, upper row: Joseph Needham (1900-1995), Conrad H. Waddington (1905-1975), and Michael Abrecrombie (1912-1979); lower row: John B. Gurdon (b. 1933) and Lewis Wolpert (b. 1929).

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Introductory papers

The recent development of development in Britain.

J M Slack

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 5-8

Biographical memoir on Joseph Needham (1900-1995).

J B Gurdon and B Rodbard

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 9-13

Conrad H. Waddington's contributions to avian and mammalian development, 1930-1940.

C D Stern

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 15-22

Michael Abercrombie (1912-1979).

R Bellairs

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 23-28

Embryonic development of heads, skeletons and amphioxus: Edwin S. Goodrich revisited.

P W Holland

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 29-34

Development at the edge of multi-cellularity: Dictyostelium discoideum.

R R Kay

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 35-38

J White

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 39-42

The introduction of Xenopus laevis into developmental biology: of empire, pregnancy testing and ribosomal genes.

J B Gurdon and N Hopwood

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 43-50

Mammalian development in the UK (1950-1995).

C Graham

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 51-55

A UK-centric history of studies on the mouse t-complex.

K R Willison and M F Lyon

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 57-63

Developmental genetics in Sheffield: a meeting point for Hedgehog researchers.

M Placzek and P W Ingham

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 65-72

A brief history of developmental biology at the National Institute for Medical Research.

J R Tata

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 73-77

A short history of the British Society for Developmental Biology.

J M Slack

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 79-83

Iterviews

From engineering to positional information to public understanding. An interview with Lewis Wolpert.

James C. Smith

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 85-91

Not a total waste of time. An interview with John Gurdon.

James C Smith

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 93-99

Contributions

Limb development: an international model for vertebrate pattern formation.

C Tickle

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 101-108

Evolutionary shifts of vertebrate structures and Hox expression up and down the axial series of segments: a consideration of possible mechanisms.

S J Gaunt

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 109-117

Orienting axon growth: spinal nerve segmentation and surround-repulsion.

D Tannahill, J M Britto, M M Vermeren, K Ohta, G M Cook and R J Keynes

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 119-127

Effects of follistatin and BMP4 proteins on early dorso-ventral patterning in chick.

D J Connolly, K Patel, S Withington and J Cooke

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 129-140

Expression pattern of BXR suggests a role for benzoate ligand-mediated signalling in hatching gland function.

L A Heath, E A Jones and R W Old

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 141-144

Igf2 imprinting in development and disease.

W Reik, M Constancia, W Dean, K Davies, L Bowden, A Murrell, R Feil, J Walter and G Kelsey

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 145-150

Abnormalities of somite development in the absence of retinoic acid.

M Maden, A Graham, M Zile and E Gale

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 151-159

Studies of the mechanism of amniotic sac puncture-induced limb abnormalities in mice.

M H Kaufman and H H Chang

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2000) 44: 161-175