This series was established to create comprehensive treatises on specialized topics in developmental biology. Such volumes are especially vital in develop mental biology, since it is a very diverse field that receives contributions from a wide variety of disciplines. This series is a meeting-ground for the various practitioners of this science, facilitating an integration of heterogeneous infor mation on. specific topics. Each volume is intended to provide the conceptual basis for a comprehen sive understanding of its topic as well as an analysis of the key experiments upon which that understanding is based. The specialist in any aspect of devel opmental biology should understand the experimental background of the field and be able to place that body of information in context to ascertain where additional research would be fruitful. At that point, the creative process takes over, and new experiments are designed. This series is intended to be a vital link in that ongoing process of learning and discovery. If it facilitates schol arship, it will serve an important function.

Inhalt
I. The Cytoskeleton in Morphogenesis.- 1 • Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Animal Morphogenesis.- 2 • Microtubules and the Cellular Morphogenesis of Plants.- 3 • The Egg Cortex in Early Development of Sea Urchins and Starfish.- II. Cell-Cell Interactions in Development.- 4 • The Cellular Basis of Epithelial Morphogenesis.- 5 • Endogenous Lectins and Cell Adhesion in Embryonic Cells.- 6 • Cell-Cell Interactions during Sea Urchin Morphogenesis.- 7 • The Cellular Basis of Amphibian Gastrulation.- 8 • Cell-Cell Interactions in Mammalian Preimplantation Development.- 9 • Molecular Basis for Teratocarcinoma Cell-Cell Adhesion.- III. Cell Migration.- 10 • Migration of Sea Urchin Primary Mesenchyme Cells.- 11 • Primordial Germ Cell Migration.- 12 • Mesoderm Migration in the Early Chick Embryo.- 13 • Morphogenesis of the Neural Crest.- IV. Cellular Dynamics in Morphogenesis.- 14 • On the Formation of Somites.- 15 • Mechanisms of Axonal Guidance: The Problem of Intersecting Fiber Systems.- 16 • Formation of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junction.