Gene Regulatory Networks

Isabelle S. Peter is Assistant Research Professor and Eric H. Davidson is Norman Chandler Professor of Cell Biology in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Over the last seven years they have co-authored a series of works on experimental, conceptual and computational analyses of developmental gene regulatory networks, including their evolutionary significance. The discussions and conceptual explorations occasioned by this collaboration produced the new synthetic views encompassed in this book, building on decades of earlier work summarized in the 2001 and 2006 Academic Press books by Eric H. Davidson.

1. A gene regulatory network for cell fate specification in Ciona embryosYutaka Satou2. Early Xenopus gene regulatory programs, chromatin states, and the role of maternal transcription factorsKitt D. Paraiso, Jin S. Cho, Junseok Yong and Ken W.Y. Cho3. Dynamic and self-regulatory interactions among gene regulatory networks control vertebrate limb bud morphogenesisAimée Zuniga and Rolf Zeller4. Gene regulatory networks during the development of the Drosophila visual systemYen-Chung Chen and Claude Desplan5. Cell fate decisions during the development of the peripheral nervous system in the vertebrate headAlexandre Thiery, Ailin Leticia Buzzi and Andrea Streit6. A Hox gene regulatory network for hindbrain segmentationHugo J. Parker and Robb E. Krumlauf7. Logical modeling of cell fate specification—Application to T cell commitmentElisabetta Cacace, Samuel Collombet and Denis Thieffry8. Repressive interactions in gene regulatory networks: When you have no other choiceM. Joaquina Delás and James Briscoe9. The function of architecture and logic in developmental gene regulatory networksIsabelle S. Peter10. The evolution of the gene regulatory networks patterning the Drosophila BlastodermAriel D. Chipman11. The notochord gene regulatory network in chordate evolution: Conservation and divergence from Ciona to vertebratesAnna Di Gregorio12. On the individuality of gene regulatory networks: How does network reuse affect subsequent evolution?Eden McQueen and Mark Rebeiz13. Evolutionary dynamics of gene regulationDouglas H. Erwin