Deferring Development : Setting Aside Cells for Future Use in Development and Evolution (Paperback)

Section I Deferred-use Cells and Niches. 1. Deferred-Use Cells in Development and Evolution A Life History Perspective. 2. Deferred-Use Molecules and Decision-Making in Development. 3. Coevolution of the Cell Cycle and Deferred-Use Cells. Section II Origin of Deferred-Use Cells and Their Niches: Phylogenetic Approaches. 4. The Early Evolution of Cellular Reprogramming in Animals. 5. Macroalgae as Underexploited Model Systems for Stem Cell Research. 6. Meristems, Stem Cells, and Stem Cell Niches in Vascular Land Plants. 7. Planarian Neoblasts: Nondeferred, Multipurpose Stem Cells for Body Homeostasis, Growth, Degrowth, and Regeneration. 8. Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells: Adult Stem Cells with Multipotential Capacity. Section III Deferred-Use Cells in Development and Evolution. 9. Sustained Pluripotency Underwrites Extreme Developmental and Reproductive Plasticity. 10. The Coordination of Insect Imaginal Discs and the Regulation and Evolution of Complex Worker Caste Systems of Ants. 11. Evolution of Adaptive Immunity through Set-Aside Cells. 12. The Lack of Human Somatic Set-Aside Cells and Cancer Risks. 13. Microbes: New Actors in the Stem Cell Niche. 14. Stem Cells in a Holobiont: Lessons from Hydra. Subject Index. Systematic Index.