Novartis Foundation Symposium 237 – The Cell Cycle and Development

Appropriate as a reference book for researchers in health-related fields or for professionals in biostatistics, insurance, and government; or as a text for graduate students in biostatistics and epidemiology

Introduction (P. Nurse). Pattern- and Growth-Linked Cell Cycles in Drosophila Development (B. Edgar, et al.). Imprinted Genes and the Coordination of Fetal and Postnatal Growth in Mammals (W. Reik, et al.). Regulation of the Embryonic Cell Proliferation by Drosophila Cyclin D and Cyclin E Complexes (C. Lehner, et al.). Cell Cycle Transitions in Early Xenopus Development (J. Maller, et al.). Cell Cycle Regulation in Early Mouse Embryos (J. Kubiak & M. Ciemerych). Timing Cell-Cycle Exit and Differentiation in Oligodendrocyte Development (M. Raff, et al.). Splitting the Chromosome: Cutting the Ties that Bind Sister Chromatids (K. Nasmyth, et al). The Cell Cycle Machinery an Asymmetric Cell Division of Neural Progenitors in the Drosophila Embryonic Central Nervous System (W. Chia, et al.). Spindle Positioning During the Symmetric First Cell Division of Caenorhabditis Elegans Embryos (P. Gonczy, et al.). Growth Factors Controlling Imaginal Disc Growth in Drosophila (P. Bryant). The Temporal Control of Cell Cycle and Cell Fate in Caenorhabditis Elegans (V. Ambros). Responses to DNA Damage in Xenopus: Cell Death or Cell Cycle Arrest (J. Greenwood, et al.). Control of Cell Fate in Plant Meristems (M. Hobe, et al.). Final Discussion. Index of Contributors. Subject Index.