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Movers and shakers: evolution and development of the mesoderm
Author(s) -
Davidson Brad
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of experimental zoology part b: molecular and developmental evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-5015
pISSN - 1552-5007
DOI - 10.1002/jez.b.21199
Subject(s) - mesoderm , variety (cybernetics) , decipher , biology , evolutionary biology , computer science , bioinformatics , genetics , artificial intelligence , embryonic stem cell , gene
Groundbreaking research in a wide variety of organisms has begun to address fundamental questions regarding the evolutionary origin of mesoderm and how patterning of this emergent tissue layer has played a central role in the diversification of metazoan body plans. However, attempts to synthesize this growing body of research have been limited. To address this perceived gap, a symposium entitled “Movers and Shakers: The Evolution and Development of Mesoderm” was held at the 2006 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference in Orlando, Florida. The papers derived from this symposium cover a broad range of organisms and approaches. It was our intention that integration of the data and methodologies from these diverse research programs would generate new hypotheses and collaborative efforts to decipher fundamental questions of mesoderm development and evolution. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 310B:1–4, 2008 . © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.