Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Volume 68

Chapter 1 Prolactin and Growth Hormone Signaling Beverly Chilton, Aveline Hewetson

Chapter 2 Alterations in cAMP-mediated signalling and their role in the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy Matthew A. Movsesian, Michael R. Bristow

Chapter 3 Corpus Luteum Development: Lessons from Genetic Models in Mice Anne Bachelot, Nadine Binart

Chapter 4 Comparative Developmental Biology of the Mammalian Uterus Thomas E. Spencer, Kanako Hayashi, Jianbo Hu, Karen D. Carpenter

Chapter 5 Sarcopenia of Aging and its Metabolic Impact Helen Karakelides, K. Sreekumaran Nair

Chapter 6 Chemokine receptor CXCR3: An unexpected enigma Liping Liu, Melissa K. Callahan, DeRen Huang, Richard M Ransohoff

Chapter 7 Assembly and signaling of adhesion complexes Jorge L. Sepulveda, Vasiliki Gkretsi, Chuanyue Wu

Chapter 8 Signaling Mechanisms of Higher Plant Photoreceptors: a Structure-Function Perspective Haiyang Wang

Chapter 9 Initial failure in Myoblast Transplantation Therapy has led the way towards the isolation of muscle stem cells: Potential for tissue regeneration Kenneth Urish, Yasunari Kanda, Johnny Huard

Chapter 10 Role of 14-3-3 Proteins in Eukaryotic Signaling and Development Dawn L. Darling, Jessica Yingling, Anthony Wynshaw-Boris

Chapter 11 The Evolution and Function of Blue and Red Light Photoreceptors Angela Falciatore, Chris Bowler

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. The volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant development, as well as to students and professionals who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology.

Volume 68, the most recent publication in Current Topics in Developmental Biology, not only discusses the most up-to-date discoveries, it includes 46 figures and 7 tables, all in full color. This volume touches upon topics such as Prolactin and Growth Hormone Signaling; Corpus Luteum Development: Lessons from Genetic Models in Mice; Comparative Developmental Biology of the Mammalian Uterus; Sarcopenia of Aging and its Metabolic Impact; and even a chapter on Initial failure in Myoblast Transplantation Therapy has led the way towards the isolation of muscle stem cells: Potential for tissue regeneration.

• Most recent volume series that offers 11 chapters of the latest studies of developmental biology
• Discusses various subjects such as tissue regeneration, the role of proteins, and a comparative analysis of the mammalian uterus
• Full color figures and tables with detailed illustrations

Developmental biologists, cell biologists, genetics researchers, and molecular biologists