Mouse Models of Development and Disease: Volume 148

Mouse Models of Development and Disease, Volume 148 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting chapters describing Mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Mouse models in palate and craniofacial development, Uterine morphogenesis, Improving the translatability of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, Mouse models for the study of clustered protocadherins, Mechanisms of organ regeneration in the spiny mouse, Comparative studies of organ vascularization, Modeling human urinary tract development and hereditary malformations, Innervation in organogenesis, Between embryo and adult: somatic growth of the kidney, and Mouse models in the study of Notch signaling.

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Thomas Gridley is Associate Director, Center for Clinical & Translational Research, Faculty Scientist III, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, USALeif Oxburgh, Rogosin Institute in New York City, NY USA

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1. Mouse mutagenesis and phenotyping to generate models of development and disease
   Thomas Gridley and Stephen A. Murray
2. Mouse models in palate development and orofacial cleft research: Understanding the crucial role and regulation of epithelial integrity in facial and palate morphogenesis
   Yu Lan and Rulang Jiang
3. Mammalian uterine morphogenesis and variations
   Diana A. Machado, Alejandra E. Ontiveros, and Richard R. Behringer
4. Improving mouse models for the study of Alzheimer's disease
   Alaina M. Reagan, Kristen D. Onos, Sarah E. Heuer, Michael Sasner, and Gareth R. Howell
5. Mouse models for the study of clustered protocadherins
   Cathy M. McLeod and Andrew M. Garrett
6. Wound healing and regeneration in spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus)
   Daryl M. Okamura, Elizabeth D. Nguyen, David R. Beier, and Mark W. Majesky
7. Plumbing our organs: Lessons from vascular development to instruct lab generated tissues
   Anne R. Ryan and Ondine Cleaver
8. Innervation in organogenesis
   Samuel E. Honeycutt, Pierre-Emmanuel Y. N'Guetta, and Lori L. O'Brien
9. Growth control of the kidney
   Leif Oxburgh