The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 48 > Issue 4

Cover Vol. 48 N. 4

June 2004

Cover Legend

The photo on the cover page illustrates a marine demosponge Tethya lyncurium (from the Adriatic Sea) with asexual propagation bodies (buds). These buds are attached via thin stalks (made from biogenic silica) to the parent. If environmental conditions are suitable, they drop off, become free and drift away. On a suitable substrate they settle and form a new specimen. For further details, see article by Perovic-Ottstadt et al. pp. 293-305 in the current issue.

Essay

Constant and continuous growth reduction as a possible cause of ageing

Etienne Geraert

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 271-274

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.031773eg

Orginal Articles

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Xantivin suppresses the activity of EGF-CFC genes to regulate nodal signaling

Kousuke Tanegashima, Yoshikazu Haramoto, Chika Yokota,Shuji Takahashi and Makoto Asashima

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 275-283

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041805kt

Distinctive expression of Myf5 in relation to differentiation and plasticity of newt muscle cells

Yutaka Imokawa, Phillip B. Gates, Young-Tae Chang, Hans-Georg Simon and Jeremy P. Brockes

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 285-291

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.031787yi

Molecular markers for germ cell differentiation in the demosponge Suberites domuncula

Sanja Perovic-Ottstadt, Helena Cetkovic, Vera Gamulin, Heinz C. Schroder, Klaus Kropf, Claire Moss, Michael Korzhev, Barbel Diehl-Seifert, Isabel M. Muller and Werner E.G. Muller

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 293-305

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041813sp

Terminal differentiation of palatal medial edge epithelial cells in vitro is not necessarily dependent on palatal shelf contact and midline epithelial seam formation

Toshiya Takigawa and Kohei Shiota

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 307-317

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041840tt

Acceleration of early chick embryo morphogenesis by insulin is associated with altered expression of embryonic genes

Vidya Patwardhan, Madhavi Gokhale and Surendra Ghaskadbi

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 319-326

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041844vp

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Activin-like signaling activates Notch signaling during mesodermal induction

Takanori Abe, Miho Furue, Yasufumi Myoishi, Tetsuji Okamoto, Akiko Kondow and Makoto Asashima

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 327-332

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041838ta

Developmental Expression Pattern

EST analysis of mRNAs expressed during embryogenesis in Gallus gallus

Erika C. Jorge, Claudia B. Monteiro-Vitorello, Helena J. Alves, Clarissa S. Silva, Rachel G. Balan, Mateus Patrício and Luiz L. Coutinho

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 333-337

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.031775ej

Short Communications

Developing chick embryos express a protein which shares homology with the nuclear pore complex protein Nup88 present in human tumors

JOSÉ SCHNEIDER, RAFAEL LINARES, FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ-ARRIBAS, MARÍA-DOLORES MORAGUES, MARÍA-JOSÉ NÚÑEZ-VILLAR, MARÍA-ANGUSTIAS PALOMAR and JOSÉ PONTÓN

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 339-342

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.031748js

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Dynamics of decapentaplegic expression during regeneration of the Drosophila melanogaster wing imaginal disc

JAAKKO MATTILA, LEONID OMELYANCHUK and SEPPO NOKKALA

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2004) 48: 343-347

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.041847jm