Vertebrate Skeletal Development. Current Topics in Developmental Biology Volume 133

Table of Contents

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, TGFß, 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. Gas 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