Vol. 44 No. 1 (2000) pp.1-176

Developmental Biology in Britain

Cover legend

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).

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 Worm tales.
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

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