Gastrulation: from cells to embryo

1. Sucking in the gut : a brief history of early studies on gastrulation / S. Brauckmann and S. F. Gilbert

2. Gastrulation in sponges / S. P. Leys

3. Gastrulation in the cnidaria and ctenophora / C. A. Byrum and M. Q. Martindale

4. Gastrulation in nematodes / J. Nance and J. R. Priess

5. Gastrulation in the molluscan embryo / J. A. M. van den Biggelaar and W. J. A. G. Dictus

6. Gastrulation in crustaceans : germ layers and cell lineages / M. Gerberding and N. H. Patel

7. Gastrulation in Drosophila / M. Leptin

8. Gastrulation in other insects / S. Roth

9. Sea urchin gastrulation / D. R. McClay, J. M. Gross, R. Range, R. E. Peterson and C. Bradham

10. Protochordate gastrulation : lancelets and ascidians / B. J. Swalla

11. Gastrulation in a chondrichthyan, the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula / T. Sauka-Spengler, J.-L. Plouhinec and S. Mazan

12. Teleost gastrulation / D. A. Kane and R. M. Warga

13. Gastrulation in amphibians / R. Keller and D. Shook

14. Gastrulation in reptiles / E. H. Gilland and A. C. Burke

15. Gastrulation in the chick / C. D. Stern

16. Gastrulation in the mouse embryo / P. P. L. Tam and J. M. Gad

17. Gastrulation in the rabbit / C. Viebahn

18. Gastrulation in other mammals and humans / G. S. Eakin and R. R. Behringer

19. Cell movements of gastrulation / R. Keller and L. Davidson

20. Morphogenetic cellular flows during zebrafish gastrulation / R. J. Adams and C. B. Kimmel

21. Cell-substrate interactions during deuterostome gastrulation / C. A. Ettensohn and R. Winklbauer

22. Chemotaxis in coordinating cell movements during gastrulation / C. J. Weijer

23. Symmetry breaking in the egg of Xenopus laevis / J. Gerhart

24. Breaking radial symmetry : amniote type / S. Frankenberg and M. Zernicka-Goetz

25. Vertebrate mesoderm induction : from frogs to mice / D. Kimelman and C. Bjornson

26. Dorsoventral patterning of the mesoderm / R. Harland

27. Early rostrocaudal patterning of the mesoderm and neural plate / S. E. Fraser and C. D. Stern

28. Early patterning of the left/right axis / D. S. Adams and M. Levin

29. Neural induction / C. D. Stern

30. Endoderm development / A. Grapin-Botton and D. Constam

31. Extraembryonic tissues / K. M. Downs

32. FGF signaling during gastrulation / J. Sivak and E. Amaya

33. Modulation of BMP signaling during vertebrate gastrulation / I. Munoz-Sanjuan and A. H. Brivanlou

34. Nodal signaling during gastrulation / A. F. Schier

35. Activin and Vg1 and the search for embryonic inducers / D. S. Kessler

36. role of Wnts in gastrulation / D. W. Houston and C. Wylie

37. Roles of notch during gastrulation / D. R. McClay, R. Peterson and R. Range

38. Retinoid signaling during gastrulation / M. Maden

39. Role of Otx2 during gastrulation / A. Simeone

40. Function of the winged helix transcription factor HNF3[beta]/FoxA2 during gastrulation / D. C. Weinstein

41. Role of T-box genes during gastrulation / J. C. Smith

42. Goosecoid and gastrulation / E. M. De Robertis

43. Roles of Lim1 during gastrulation / W. Shawlot and R. R. Behringer

44. Not Homeobox gene function in axial mesoderm development / S. Mackem

45. Role of Siamois before and during gastrulation / L. Kodjabachian and P. Lemaire

46. Conserved and divergent roles of Twist in gastrulation / A. Tapanes-Castillo, V. Cox and M. Baylies

47. Snail gene family during gastrulation / A. V. Morales and M. A. Nieto

48. System-level properties revealed by a gene regulatory network analysis of pre-gastrular specification in sea urchins / V. F. Hinman and E. H. Davidson

49. extracellular matrix of the deuterostome gastrula / R. Winklbauer and C. A. Ettensohn

50. Carbohydrate and lipid modification of developmental signaling molecules / K. Nybakken and N. Perrimon

51. Comparative aspects of gastrulation / D. Arendt

52. evolution of gastrulation : cellular and molecular aspects / A. L. Price and N. H. Patel

53. Fossil embryos / S. Conway Morris

54. Gastrulation overview : open questions / L. Wolpert.