Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE CELL LINEAGE VS. INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING
- CHAPTER TWO THE BRISTLE
- CHAPTER THREE BRISTLE PATTERNS
- CHAPTER FOUR ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF DISCS
- CHAPTER FIVE THE LEG DISC
- CHAPTER SIX THE WING DISC
- CHAPTER SEVEN THE EYE DISC
- CHAPTER EIGHT HOMEOSIS
- EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX ONE Glossary of Protein Domains
- APPENDIX TWO Inventory of Models, Mysteries, Devices, and Epiphanies
- APPENDIX THREE Genes That Can Alter Cell Fates Within the (5-Cell) Mechanosensory Bristle Organ
- APPENDIX FOUR Genes That Can Transform One Type of Bristle Into Another or Into a Different Type of Sense Organ
- APPENDIX FIVE Genes That Can Alter Bristle Number by Directly Affecting SOP Equivalence Groups or Inhibitory Fields
- APPENDIX SIX Signal Transduction Pathways: Hedgehog, Decapentaplegic, and Wingless
- APPENDIX SEVEN Commentaries on the Pithier Figures
- References
- Index
APPENDIX TWO - Inventory of Models, Mysteries, Devices, and Epiphanies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE CELL LINEAGE VS. INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING
- CHAPTER TWO THE BRISTLE
- CHAPTER THREE BRISTLE PATTERNS
- CHAPTER FOUR ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF DISCS
- CHAPTER FIVE THE LEG DISC
- CHAPTER SIX THE WING DISC
- CHAPTER SEVEN THE EYE DISC
- CHAPTER EIGHT HOMEOSIS
- EPILOGUE
- APPENDIX ONE Glossary of Protein Domains
- APPENDIX TWO Inventory of Models, Mysteries, Devices, and Epiphanies
- APPENDIX THREE Genes That Can Alter Cell Fates Within the (5-Cell) Mechanosensory Bristle Organ
- APPENDIX FOUR Genes That Can Transform One Type of Bristle Into Another or Into a Different Type of Sense Organ
- APPENDIX FIVE Genes That Can Alter Bristle Number by Directly Affecting SOP Equivalence Groups or Inhibitory Fields
- APPENDIX SIX Signal Transduction Pathways: Hedgehog, Decapentaplegic, and Wingless
- APPENDIX SEVEN Commentaries on the Pithier Figures
- References
- Index
Summary
Listed below are all the major models (a.k.a. hypotheses, metaphors, scenarios) and mysteries (a.k.a. enigmas, riddles, paradoxes) discussed in the text, with definitions in parentheses. Also listed are devices (a.k.a. gadgets, tricks) and epiphanies (a.k.a. principles, rules). Asterisks indicate names that were coined for convenience. Having a taxonomyof concepts – even a silly taxonomy – is a useful heuristic for thinking. Within each category, concepts are listed alphabetically. Numbers in bold are pages where the ideas are diagramed.
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- Imaginal DiscsThe Genetic and Cellular Logic of Pattern Formation, pp. 266 - 270Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002