Determinants of spatial organization (Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology)

Determinants of Spatial Organization documents the proceedings of the 35th symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology in 1978. The symposium brings together a diverse group of investigators who are engaged in the analysis of mechanisms involved in spatial organization. The contributions made by researchers at the symposium are organized into three parts. Part I on the cytoplasmic localization of determinants includes studies on fine structure of cytoplasmic specializations of the polar lobe of molluscan embryos; the fine structure of the polar granules of Drosophila eggs; and the polarity of rhizoid formation in Fucus. Part II deals with maternal-effect mutants of developmental processes. It includes studies on temperature sensitive maternal effect mutants in the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans; the nature of the control of gene action during development; and deviations from normal development observed in mutant embryos of Drosophila melanogaster. Part III examines pattern formation in developing systems. It includes studies on intracellular patterning in Tetrahymena; developmental properties of nerve-free hydra; and intercellular interactions and pattern formation in filamentous cyanobacteria. Content: DETERMINANTS OF SPATIAL ORGANIZATION , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Contributors and Presiding Chairpersons , Pages vii-viii Preface , Pages ix-xix , Irwin R. Konigsberg Acknowledgments , Page xxi Society for Developmental Biology 1978 , Page xxiii The Ultrastructure and Role of the Polar Lobe in Development of Molluscs , Pages 3-27 , M.R. Dohmen, N.H. Verdonk Cytoplasmic Determinants of Tissue Differentiation in the Ascidian Egg , Pages 29-51 , J.R. Whittaker The Multiple Roles which Cell Division can Play in the Localization of Developmental Potential , Pages 53-76 , Gary Freeman The Control of the Polar Deposition of a Sulfated Polysaccharide in Fucus Zygotes , Pages 77-96 , Ralph S. Quatrano, Susan H. Brawley, William E. Hogsett Analysis of a Morphogenetic Determinant in an Insect Embryo ( Smitfia Spec, Chironomidae, Diptera ) , Pages 97-126 , Klaus Kalthoff Germ Plasm and Pole Cells of Drosophila , Pages 127-146 , A.P. Mahowald, C.D. Allis, K.M. Karrer, E.M. Underwood, G.L. Waring Temperature Sensitive Maternal Effect Mutants of Early Development in Caenorhabditis elegans , Pages 149-165 , David Hirsh A Specific Case of Genetic Control of Early Development: the o Maternal Effect Mutation of the Mexican Axolotl , Pages 167-183 , Ann Janice Brothers Maternal Effect Mutations that Alter the Spatial Coordinates of the Embryo of Drosophila melanogaste , Pages 185-211 , Christiane Nusslein-Volhard An Analysis of Cell-Surface Patterning in Tetrahymena , Pages 215-246 , Joseph Frankel Intercellular Interactions and Pattern Formation in Filamentous Cyanobacteria , Pages 247-266 , C. Peter Wölk Development of Hydra Lacking Interstitial and Nerve Cells (“Epithelial Hydra”) , Pages 267-293 , Richard D. Campbell Pattern Formation, Growth Control and Cell Interactions in Drosophila Imaginai Discs , Pages 295-316 , Peter J. Bryant Pattern Formation and Compartments in the Tarsus of Drosophila , Pages 317-323 , P.A. Lawrence, G. Morata Subject Index , Pages 325-333