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CELL SELECTION IN DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
MICHAELSON JAMES
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biological reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.993
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1469-185X
pISSN - 1464-7931
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1987.tb01264.x
Subject(s) - biology , morphogenesis , selection (genetic algorithm) , mechanism (biology) , evolutionary biology , vertebrate , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence
Summary Cell selection is recognized to be the principal mechanism in the generation of the immune response. The role of cell selection in other developmental systems is considered here, with emphasis on the morphogenesis of the vertebrate limb, the formation of pigment pattern in the pelt of mammals and the changes that occur in the human erythrocyte at the time of birth.