Mouse Models of Development and Disease, Volume 148 in the
Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting chapters describing Mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Mouse models in palate and craniofacial development, Uterine morphogenesis, Improving the translatability of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, Mouse models for the study of clustered protocadherins, Mechanisms of organ regeneration in the spiny mouse, Comparative studies of organ vascularization, Modeling human urinary tract development and hereditary malformations, Innervation in organogenesis, Between embryo and adult: somatic growth of the kidney, and Mouse models in the study of Notch signaling.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series
- Updated release includes the latest information on Mouse Models of Development and Disease
1. Mouse mutagenesis and phenotyping to generate models of development
and disease
Thomas Gridley and Stephen A. Murray
2. Mouse models in palate development and orofacial cleft research:
Understanding the crucial role and regulation of epithelial integrity in
facial and palate morphogenesis
Yu Lan and Rulang Jiang
3. Mammalian uterine morphogenesis and variations
Diana A. Machado, Alejandra E. Ontiveros, and Richard R. Behringer
4. Improving mouse models for the study of Alzheimer's disease
Alaina M. Reagan, Kristen D. Onos, Sarah E. Heuer, Michael Sasner, and Gareth
R. Howell
5. Mouse models for the study of clustered protocadherins
Cathy M. McLeod and Andrew M. Garrett
6. Wound healing and regeneration in spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus)
Daryl M. Okamura, Elizabeth D. Nguyen, David R. Beier, and Mark W. Majesky
7. Plumbing our organs: Lessons from vascular development to instruct lab
generated tissues
Anne R. Ryan and Ondine Cleaver
8. Innervation in organogenesis
Samuel E. Honeycutt, Pierre-Emmanuel Y. NGuetta, and Lori L. OBrien
9. Growth control of the kidney
Leif Oxburgh
Thomas Gridley is Associate Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Research, Faculty Scientist III, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, USA Leif Oxburgh, Rogosin Institute in New York City, NY USA
