Cell Lineage and Fate Determination
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: January 15, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780125052559
First sentence: Some of the earliest experimental studies of fate specification were carried out by Driesch and Fiedler in the 1890s, using sea urchin embryos (Driesch, 1892).
Description: Cell Lineage and Fate Determination brings together established and young investigators who are leading authorities on the determination of cell fate. Our current understanding of cell fate commitment and cell lineage determination is derived from studies of a number of different organisms, each ideally suited to elucidate particular components of the whole story.

Therefore, this book is divided into sections, each representing one major animal model, in which exciting new advances in lineage and fate determination are discussed.