Molecular and Cell Biology of Development
General
- Bill Wasserman's Developmental
Biology Page - Resources, basic information, images, animations and movies,
many related to cellular processes occuring in embryos such as flies, sea
urchins, zebrafish, frogs and mammals.
- Biology of the Mammary Gland - Information
on all aspects of mammary gland cell and developmental biology. (Laboratory
of Genetics and Physiology at the NIDDKD of the NIH)
- Databases from University
of Edinburgh Department of Anatomy - Excellent databases for development
of the kidney, lung, mammary, pancreas, prostate and salivary glands, which
cover relevant aspects of signal transduction, gene expression, extracellular
matrix, cell adhesion and other areas.
- Dynamic
Development - "A modular resource to facilitate learning in developmental
biology [...] for students on topics in developmental biology by supplementing
lecture material and textbook reading assignments." (Leon Browder
and Laurie Iten) (Just above Beginner's Level)
- Embryo Images - Images
of mammalian embryos during normal and abnormal development, categorized by
organ system. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
- Gastrulation: From Cells to Embryos
- Companion site to the book of the same name with QuickTime movies of different
aspects and stages of gastrulation in a number of organisms. (Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory Press)
- Gene Expression in Tooth - Information
on expression of different genes in the developing tooth. (Institute of Biotechnology,
University of Helsinki)
- Homeobox
Genes DataBase (HOX-Pro) - "The HOX-Pro is aimed at 1) analysis and
classification of regulatory and coding regions in diverse homeobox and related
genes-controllers of invertebrate and vertebrate development; 2) comparative
analysis of organisation of "hox-based" genetic networks for C.elegans,
sea urchins, Drosophila and mammals; 3) analysis of phylogeny
and evolution of homeobox genes and clusters."
- The Interactive
Fly: Evolutionarily Conserved Pathways (Society for Developmental Biology)
- On-Line
Biology Book - Comprehensive introduction to biology at the "college
freshman" level by M.J. Farabee. (Beginner's
Level)
- The Virtual
Embryo - "The site that keeps on developing and developing and..." (Leon
Browder, University of Calgary, Canada) (Just
above Beginner's Level)
- The Visible Embryo
- Visual and textual presentation of early human development from egg to birth.
(Beginner's Level)
- Wikipedia - Free online encyclopedia
with basic overviews. (Beginner's Level)
- The Wnt
Gene Homepage - Comprehensive information on the Wnt pathway. (Roel Nusse,
Stanford University)
- Zygote - Wonderful resource
devoted to developmental biology for people at all levels, with a lot of
information pertinent to cell biology. (Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College)
(Beginner's Level)
- Wikipedia - Free online encyclopedia
with basic overviews. (Beginner's Level)
- WWW Virtual
Library of Developmental Biology
- WWW Virtual
Library of Dictyostelium (dictyBase)
- WWW Virtual Library of Drosophila
- WWW
Virtual Library of Genetics
- WWW Virtual Library
of Xenopus
laevis (Xenbase)
- WWW
Virtual Library of Yeast
See also the Signal Transduction page.
Stem Cells, Cell Differentiation
and Tissue Morphogenesis, Regeneration and Engineering
See also the Wound Healing and Tissue Repair section of the Cytoskeleton,
Cell Motility and Motors page.
Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode worm)
- Caenorhabditis elegans WWW
Server
- Resource for C. elegans information, including a list of worm
labs, a search tool for searching the worm literature, meeting announcements
and other tools. (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
- C.
elegans Movies - "A visual introduction to C. elegans and its development.
This page has links to movies made by C. elegans researchers worldwide."
Dictyostelium discoideum (cellular slime mold)
Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)
- FlyBase - A comprehensive
database for information on the genetics and molecular biology of Drosophila.
- Flybrain - Atlas and database of the
Drosophila nervous system.
- FlyView - A Drosophila
image database development and genetics, especially on expression patterns
of genes from enhancer trap lines and cloned genes. (University of Muenster,
Germany)
- The
Interactive Fly - A guide to Drosophila genes and their roles
in development.
- WWW Virtual Library of Drosophila
Mouse
- Alphabetical List
of Knockout Genes - Genes that have been knocked out in the mouse.
- Induced Mutant Resource
- List of transgenic and targeted mutant mice. (The Jackson Laboratory)
- Mouse Genome Informatics -
Information resources on the genetics and biology of the mouse, including
the Mouse Genome Database, the Gene Expression Database, the Encyclopedia
of the Mouse Genome and related software and data. (The Jackson Laboratory)
- MRC HGU Mouse Atlas and Gene Expression
- "The UK MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh is developing a digital
atlas of mouse development and database to be a resource for spatially mapped
data such as in situ gene expression and cell lineage. The project is in collaboration
with the Department of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh. The gene expression
database is being developed as part of the Mouse Gene Expression Information
Resource (MGEIR) in collaboration with the Jackson Laboratory, USA."
Plants
- The Arabidopsis Information
Resource (TAIR) - A "comprehensive resource for the scientific
community working with Arabidopsis thaliana, a widely used model
plant." (Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford University
and the National Center for Genome Resources)
- Arabidopsis
Links - Arabidopsis information on the Web.
- Seed Genes Project - "NSF 2010
Project on Essential Gene Functions in Arabidopsis Seed Development. This
project deals with genes that give a seed phenotype when disrupted by mutation."
(Virginia Bioinformatics Institute)
Sea Urchin
- Sea Urchin Embryology
- This is a site devoted to the interaction of a leading lab at Stanford University,
under Dr. David Epel, with high school science teachers.
- UrchiNet -
Information on molecular mechanisms of embryogenesis in sea urchin, including
images of stages of embryonic and larval development.
Xenopus laevis and tropicalis (frog) and other amphibians
Zebrafish
- MGH Zebrafish WWW Server
- Searchable zebrafish microsatellite map and other zebrafish genome resources.
(Cardiovascular Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical
School)
- Zebrafish Information Server - "This
zebrafish WWW server exists (since 1994) for the Zebrafish Research Community;
think of it like the friendly bulletin board at your local grocery store."
(Richard Vogt, University of South Carolina)
- ZFIN (The Zebrafish Information Network) -
Access to zebrafish research databases, including those devoted to embryology
and anatomy, genomics and molecular probes. (University of Oregon)
Discussion Groups
See also the Discussion Groups section
of the General Biochemistry and Cell Biology page.
Labs Studying the
