Sandrine M. Géranton,1* Lydia Jiménez-Díaz,1,4* Carole Torsney,2 Keri K. Tochiki,1 Sarah A. Stuart,1 J. Lianne Leith,3 Bridget M. Lumb,3 and Stephen P. Hunt1 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, 2Centre for Integrative Physiology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, United Kingdom, 3Department of Physiology, Unive...

1 UPR Bioagresseurs analyse et mâıtrise du risque, CIRAD, Montpellier, France 2 Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, Department of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 3 UMR Am elioration g en etique et adaptation des plantes m editerran eennes et tropicales, CIRAD, Montpellier, France 4 Department of Conservation Eco...

State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China (X.F.Z., Y.S, J.X.W., Y.L., Z.W.W., S.J.Z.); State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China (B.C.Z., Y.H.Z); Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Californi...

Amphibians have been widely used to study developmental biology due to the fact that embryo development takes place independently of the maternal organism and that observations and experimental approaches are easy. Some amphibians like Xenopus became model organisms in this field. In the first part of this article, the differentiation of the gonads in amphibians and the mechanisms governing thi...

PHYSIOLOGY OF INSECT DEVELOPMENT. Frank L. Campbell, Ed. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1959. 167 pp. $4.00. The Physiology of Insect Development, edited by Frank L. Campbell, is one of ten volumes covering the "Developmental Biology Conference Series of 1956," organized by Paul Weiss and held under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. The purpose of thi...

PHYSIOLOGY OF INSECT DEVELOPMENT. Frank L. Campbell, Ed. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1959. 167 pp. $4.00. The Physiology of Insect Development, edited by Frank L. Campbell, is one of ten volumes covering the "Developmental Biology Conference Series of 1956," organized by Paul Weiss and held under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. The purpose of thi...

Classical, curiosity-led comparative physiology finds itself at a crossroads. Major funding for classical physiology is becoming harder to find, as grant agencies focus on more molecular approaches or on science with more immediate strategic value to their respective countries. In turn, this shift in funding places Zoology and Animal Science departments under enormous stress: student numbers ar...

The correct regulation of organ size is a fundamental developmental process, the failure of which can compromise organ function and organismal integrity. Consequently, the mechanisms that regulate organ size have been subject to intense research. This research has highlighted four classes of mechanism that are involved in organ size regulation: physiology, plasticity, patterning and physical fo...

1 Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 2 Plant Breeding Institute, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, Molecular Cell Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany, Cluster of Excellence in...

Junlong Zhang, Chunli Wang, Paul L. Terroni, Felino R. A. Cagampang, Mark Hanson, and Christopher D. Byrne Endocrinology & Metabolism Sub-Division, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Division, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, CF92, Central Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton; and Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology Sub-Division, DOHaD Division, Un...