The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 49 > Issue 7

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Identical triplet female mice, which developed from sister 2/16 blastomeres, at the age of 5 weeks. For further details, see article in the current issue by Tarkowski et al., pp. 825-832.

Original Articles

Exploration of the extracellular space by a large-scale secretion screen in the early Xenopus embryo

Edgar M. Pera, Shirui Hou, Ina Strate, Oliver Wessely and Edward M. De Robertis

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 781-796

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052003ep

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Fibroblast growth factor signalling and regional specification of the pharyngeal ectoderm

Nina Trokovic, Ras Trokovic and Juha Partanen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 797-805

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051976nt

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Gene disruption/knock-in analysis of mONT3: vector construction by employing both in vivo and in vitro recombinations

Makoto Ikeya, Masako Kawada, Yoko Nakazawa, Makoto Sakuragi, Noriaki Sasai, Morio Ueno, Hiroshi Kiyonari, Kazuki Nakao and Yoshiki Sasai

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 807-823

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051975mi

Identical triplets and twins developed from isolated blastomeres of 8- and 16-cell mouse embryos supported with tetraploid blastomeres

Andrzej K. Tarkowski, Waclaw Ozdzenski and Renata Czolowska

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 825-832

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052018at

Nvbeta-actin and NvGAPDH as normalization factors for gene expression analysis in limb regenerates and cultured blastema cells of the adult newt, Notophthalmus viridescens

Sandy G. Vascotto, Shawn Beug, Richard A. Liversage and Catherine Tsilfidis

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 833-842

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052069sv

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The formation of primordial germ cells from germline cells in spherical embryos derived from the blastodisc of 2-cell embryos in goldfish, Carassius auratus

Satoshi Otani, Tomoe Kitauchi, Taiju Saito, Suzu Sakao, Shingo Maegawa, Kunio Inoue, Katsutoshi Arai and Etsuro Yamaha

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 843-850

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052027so

PBX1 intracellular localization is independent of MEIS1 in epithelial cells of the developing female genital tract

Agnès Dintilhac, Réjane Bihan, Daniel Guerrier, Stéphane Deschamps, Héloise Bougerie, Tanguy Watrin, Georgette Bonnec and Isabelle Pellerin

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 851-858

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052013ad

Changes in E2F5 intracellular localization in mouse and human choroid plexus epithelium with development

Adam Swetloff and Patrizia Ferretti

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 859-865

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051996as

Cdx2 specifies the differentiation of morphological as well as functional absorptive enterocytes of the small intestine

Hiroyuki Mutoh, Kiichi Satoh, Hiroto Kita, Hirotsugu Sakamoto, Hiroko Hayakawa, Hironori Yamamoto, Norio Isoda, Kiichi Tamada, Kenichi Ido and Kentaro Sugano

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 867-871

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052016hm

Short Communication

Rab11 is required during Drosophila eye development

Debasmita P. Alone, Anand K. Tiwari, Lolitika Mandal, Mingfa Li, Bernard M. Mechler and Jagat K. Roy

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 873-879

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051986da

Developmental Expression Patterns

Xenopus laevis FoxE1 is primarily expressed in the developing pituitary and thyroid

Heithem M. El-Hodiri, Daniel W. Seufert, Srivamsi Nekkalapudi, Nichole L. Prescott, Lisa E. Kelly and Milan Jamrich

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 881-884

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052011he

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Expression of Hex during feather bud development

Akiko Obinata and Yoshihiro Akimoto

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 885-890

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052037ao

Expression of ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF)-like protein 6 during mouse embryonic development

Tatsuyuki Takada, Keiko Iida, Hiroshi Sasaki, Masanori Taira and Hiroshi Kimura

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 891-894

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.052031tt

Posterior expression of nanos orthologs during embryonic and larval development of the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis

Raquel Torras and Sergio González-Crespo

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2005) 49: 895-899

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.051980rt