"This volume examines cells that are set-aside in development for use later in development or in adult life. The cells explored include stem cells, set-aside cells (in echinoderm larvae), imaginal discs in insects such as Drosophila, meristems (plants), blastemata (regeneration in amphibians), neoblasts (regeneration in planarians)"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Editors; Contributors; SECTION I: Deferred-Use Cells and Niches; Chapter 1 Deferred-Use Cells in Development and Evolution: A Life History Perspective; 1.1 Ontogeny as a Time-Structured Process of Cellular Interaction That Culminates with Reproduction; 1.2 Development: A Balancing Act between Proliferation, Pluripotency, and Function; 1.3 Deferred Development in the Context of Complex Life Cycle Evolution; 1.4 Ontologies of Deferred Development and Deferred-Use Cells

1.5 Independent Evolution of Extreme Patterns in Deferred Development1.5.1 Nemerteans; 1.5.2 Echinoderms; 1.5.3 Insects; 1.6 Summary and Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 Deferred-Use Molecules and Decision-Making in Development; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Deferred-Use Molecules Can Specify Deferred-Use Cells; 2.1.2 Deferred-Use Molecules and the First Cell Divisions of the Embryo; 2.2 An Historical Perspective; 2.3 Deferred-Use Molecules That Regulate Embryonic Development; 2.3.1 Factors That Specify the Body Axes; 2.3.2 Germ Line Determinants

2.3.3 Factors That Specify Xenopus Primary Embryonic Germ Layers2.4 Processes That Localize Deferred-Use Molecules; 2.4.1 Localization during Oogenesis; 2.4.2 Localization after Fertilization; 2.4.3 Local Activation and Silencing; 2.5 Do Deferred-Use Molecules Regulate Plant Development?; 2.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 3 Coevolution of the Cell Cycle and Deferred-Use Cells; 3.1 The Connection of Cell Cycle and Cell Fate Decisions in Stem Cells; 3.2 Coordination of Cell Cycle and Cell Fate Decisions is Present in Many Species

3.3 The Molecular Mechanisms Coordinating the Cell Cycle with Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation3.4 Cell Division, Epigenetic Memory, and Mitotic Bookmarking; 3.5 Cell Cycle Regulation and Terminal Differentiation; 3.5.1 Cyclin-Dependent Kinases and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors; 3.5.2 Retinoblastoma Family Proteins; 3.6 Conclusions; References; SECTION II: Origin of Deferred-Use Cells and Their Niches: Phylogenetic Approaches; Chapter 4 The Early Evolution of Cellular Reprogramming in Animals; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Cnidaria; 4.3 Porifera; 4.4 Ctenophora; 4.5 Choanoflagellata

4.6 Early Animals Were Capable of Reprogramming Somatic Cells4.7 Future Directions; 4.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5 Macroalgae as Underexploited Model Systems for Stem Cell Research; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Regeneration from Cytoplasm; 5.3 Apical Cells and Meristems; 5.3.1 Apical Meristems with Apical and Sympodial Growth; 5.3.2 Intercalary Meristems of Red and Brown Algae; 5.3.3 Coenobia as Set-Aside Cells; 5.4 Regeneration from Vegetative Fragments; 5.4.1 Totipotency of Vegetative Fragments; 5.4.2 Algal Protoplasts as Analogues for Stem Cells

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