Vertebrate Skeletal Development

Vertebrate Skeletal Development, Volume 133, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, presents interesting chapters on a variety of topics, with this edition focusing on Craniofacial skeletal development, Regulatory mechanism of jawbone and tooth development, Development of the axial skeleton and intervertebral discs, Stem and progenitor cells in skeletal development, Origin, functioning and morphogenetic activity of limb synovial joint, ECM signaling in cartilage development and endochondral ossification, Sox genes in skeletal development, Wnt-Signaling in Skeletal Development, Gαs signaling in skeletal development and diseases, FGF signaling in skeletal development, Bone morphogenetic growth factors in bone development, and more.

Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsPresents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology seriesIncludes the latest information on Vertebrate Skeletal Development

1. Stem and progenitor cells in skeletal development Noriaki Ono, Deepak H. Balani and Henry M. Kronenberg 2. ECM signaling in cartilage development and endochondral ossification Carina Prein and Frank Beier 3. Development of the axial skeleton and intervertebral disc Sade Williams, Bashar Alkhatib and Rosa Serra 4. Regulatory mechanisms of jaw bone and tooth development Yuan Yuan and Yang Chai 5. Joints in the appendicular skeleton: Developmental mechanisms and evolutionary influences Danielle Rux, Rebekah S. Decker, Eiki Koyama and Maurizio Pacifici 6. BMPs, TGFβ, and border security at the interzone Karen M. Lyons and Vicki Rosen 7. Roles and regulation of SOX transcription factors in skeletogenesis Véronique Lefebvre 8. Fibroblast growth factors in skeletal development David M. Ornitz and Pierre J. Marie 9. Wnt-signaling in skeletal development Stefan Teufel and Christine Hartmann 10. Gα_s signaling in skeletal development, homeostasis and diseases Qian Cong, Ruoshi Xu and Yingzi Yang 11. Importance of the circadian clock in tendon development Ching-Yan Chloé Yeung and Karl E. Kadler 12. Mechanistic insights into skeletal development gained from genetic disorders Raymond K.H. Yip, Danny Chan and Kathryn S.E. Cheah