Signalling Pathways in Embryonic Development

• Main Author: Andrea E. Munsterberg (auth)
• Other Authors: Sigmar Stricker (auth), Juan J. Sanz-Ezquerro (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; development; Shh; Fgf; Notch; embryo; Signalling; organogenesis; Wnt
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The formation of a complex multicellular organism from a single cell is one of the most amazing processes of biology. Embryonic development is characterised by the careful regulation of cellular behaviours such that cells proliferate, migrate, differentiate and form tissues at the correct place and...