1st Edition

Cellular Processes in Segmentation

Edited By Ariel Chipman Copyright 2020
    314 Pages 54 Color & 6 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    313 Pages 54 Color & 6 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    313 Pages 54 Color & 6 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The evolution of segmentation is one of the central questions in evolutionary developmental biology. Indeed, it is one of the best case studies for the role of changes in development in the evolution of body plans. Segmented body plans are believed to have appeared several times in animal evolution, and to have contributed significantly to the evolutionary success of the taxa in which they are present. Because of the centrality of the subject, and the continuing interest in understanding segmentation, this book offers an often overlooked focus on the cellular aspects of the process of segmentation, providing an invaluable reference for students of evolutionary developmental biology at all levels.

    Key Features

    • Explores the role that segmentation has played in the diversity of animals
    • Documents the diverse cellular mechanisms by which segmentation develops
    • Reviews the independent evolutionary origins of segmentation
    • Provides insight into the general patterns of serial homology at the cellular level

    Related Titles

    Lynne Bianchi. Developmental Neurobiology (ISBN 978-0-8153-4482-7).

    Jonathan Bard. Principles of Evolution: Systems, Species, and the History of Life (ISBN 978-0-8153-4539-8).

    Gerhard Scholtz. Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Crustacea (ISBN 978-9-0580-9637-1).

    Dr. Ariel D. Chipman is Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author or co-author of dozens of peer reviewed scientific journal articles. His research focuses upon the evolution of animal body plans with a focus on arthropod segmentation, integrating comparative embryology, the fossil record and genome evolution.

    Series Preface (Evolutionary Cell Biology

    Preface

    Editor

    Contributors

    SECTION I The Diversity of Segmentation

    Chapter 1 Segmentation: A Zoological Concept of Seriality

    Gerhard Scholtz

    Chapter 2 Diversity in Segmentation Mechanisms

    Ariel D. Chipman

    SECTION II Cellular Mechanisms of Segmentation

    Chapter 3 Cell Division, Movement, and Synchronization in

    Arthropod Segmentation

    Lisa M. Nagy and Terri A. Williams

    Chapter 4 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Segmentation in

    Annelida: An Open Question

    Eduardo E. Zattara and David A. Weisblat

    Chapter 5 Progenitor Cells in Vertebrate Segmentation

    Benjamin Martin

    Chapter 6 Teloblasts in Crustaceans

    Gerhard Scholtz

    Chapter 7 Segmentation in Leeches

    David A. Weisblat and Christopher J. Winchell

    Chapter 8 Segmentation in Motion

    Andres F. Sarrazin

    SECTION III Beyond Segmentation

    Chapter 9 Segmental Traits in Non-Segmented Bilaterians

    Bruno C. Vellutini

    Chapter 10 Axial Regeneration in Segmented Animals: A Post-Embryonic

    Reboot of the Segmentation Process

    Eduardo E. Zattara

    Index

    Biography

    Dr Ariel D. Chipman is Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at The Hebrew University, in Jerusalem. He is the author or co-author of dozens of peer reviewed scieitific journal articles. His research focuses upon (1)The evolution of developmental processes. Using comparative embryology as a tool for understanding evolutionary processes (2) Early stages in patterning the arthropod embryo and the evolution of the segmented body plan. (3) Evolution of the arthropod head and the processes differentiating head from trunk. (4) Genomics of novel model systems. (5) Historical biogeography of Israel, using the national invertebrate collection.