Cell Fate in Mammalian Development

Cell Fate in Mammalian Development, Volume 128, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, provides reviews on cell fate in mammalian development. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors, with this release including sections on the Specification of extra-embryonic lineages during mouse pre-implantation development, Cell polarity and fate specification, The circuitry that drives trophectoderm identity, Breaking symmetry and the dynamics of transcription factors directing cell fate specification, Mechanics and cell fate, How physical properties of cells change in development and their effect on cell fate decisions, and more.

Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsIncludes new sections on the specification of extra-embryonic lineages during mouse pre-implantation development, cell polarity and fate specification, the circuitry that drives trophectoderm identity, and morePresents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series

1. Introduction Berenika Plusa and Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis 2. Cell Polarity-Dependent Regulation of Cell Allocation and the First Lineage Specification in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo Deepak Saini and Yojiro Yamanaka 3. Cell Fate Decisions During Preimplantation Mammalian Development Stephanie Bissiere, Maxime Gasnier, Yanina D. Alvarez and Nicolas Plachta 4. Our First Choice: Cellular and Genetic Underpinnings of Trophectoderm Identity and Differentiation in the Mammalian Embryo Sergio Menchero, Julio G. Sainz de Aja and Miguel Manzanares 5. Primitive Endoderm Differentiation: From Specification to Epithelialization Cécilia Bassalert, Lorena V. Estrella and Claire Chazaud 6. The Regulative Nature of Mammalian Embryos Katarzyna Klimczewska, Anna Kasperczuk and Aneta Suwińska 7. States and Origins of Mammalian Embryonic Pluripotency In Vivo and in a Dish Priscila Ramos-Ibeas, Jennifer Nichols and Ramiro Alberio 8. Capturing and Interconverting Embryonic Cell Fates in a Dish Alyson Lokken, Jennifer Watts, Alexandra Moauro and Amy Ralston 9. From Germline to Soma: Epigenetic Dynamics in the Mouse Preimplantation Embryo Michelle K.Y. Seah and Daniel M. Messerschmidt 10. Pre-gastrula Development of Non-eutherian Mammals Stephen Frankenberg 11. Pre-implantation Development of Domestic Animals Anna Piliszek and Zofia E. Madeja 12. Human Pre-gastrulation Development Sissy E. Wamaitha and Kathy K. Niakan 12. The Mitochondria and the Regulation of Cell Fitness During Early Mammalian Development Ana Lima, Jörg Burgstaller, Juan M. Sanchez-Nieto and Tristan A. Rodríguez 13. The Head’s Tale: Anterior–Posterior Axis Formation in the Mouse Embryo Matthew J. Stower and Shankar Srinivas