Vol 47(6) | The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 47 > Issue 6

September 2003

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Internal anatomy of a one-year old frog with a well developed ectopic heart (bottom left). This ectopic heart, adjacent to the host´s intestine, was incorporated into the host´s vascular system. For more details, see the article by Ariizumi et al. pp. 405-410 in the present issue.

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Original Articles

The Drosophila pleiohomeotic mutation enhances the Polycomblike and Polycomb mutant phenotypes during embryogenesis and in the adult.

Seung-Hae Kwon, Sang Hee Kim, Hae-Moon Chung, Jack R Girton and Sang-Hak Jeon

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2003) 47: 389-395

XMam1, the Xenopus homologue of mastermind, is essential to primary neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis embryos.

Tomohisa Katada and Tsutomu Kinoshita

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2003) 47: 397-404

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Amphibian in vitro heart induction: a simple and reliable model for the study of vertebrate cardiac development.

Takashi Ariizumi, Masayoshi Kinoshita, Chika Yokota, Kazuhiro Takano, Keiichi Fukuda, Nobuo Moriyama, George M Malacinski and Makoto Asashima

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2003) 47: 405-410