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Heart development in drosophilia / Li Qian, Jiandong Liu, and Rolf Bodmer -- Morphogenesis of the vertebrae heart / Willem M.H. Hoogaars, Vincent M. Christoffels, and Antoon F.M. Moorman -- Heart development and t-box transcription factors : lessons from avian embryos / Elaine L. Shelton and Katherine E. Yutzey -- Transcriptional control of cardiac boundary formation / Anabel Rojas and Brian L. Black -- Signaling pathways in embryonic heart induction / Rosa M. Guzzo [and others] -- Islet1 progenitors in developing and postnatal heart / Yunfu Sun, xingqun Liang, and Sylvia M. Evans -- Role of microRNAs in cardiovascular biology / Eva Samal and Deepak Srivastava -- Divergent roles of hedgehog and firboblast growth factor signaling in left-right development / Judith Neugebauer and H. Joseph Yost -- Development of the conduction system : picking up the pace / Dina Myers Stroud and Gregory E. Morley -- Transcriptional control of the cardiac conduction system / Shan-Shan Zhang and Benoit G. Bruneau -- Genetic dissection of hematopoiesis using drosophilia as a model system / Cory J. Evans [and others] -- Vascular development in the zebrafish / Josette Ungos and Brant M. Weinstein -- Development and function of the epicardium / Jörg Männer and Pilar Ruiz-Lozano -- Genetics of transcription factor mutations / Vijaya Ramachandran and D. Woodrow Benson -- Human genetics of congenital heart disease / Jeffrey A. Towbin.

In 1993, Rolf Bodmer described a gene he named tinman that was required for the formation of the dorsal aorta of the fly. Flies without a functional tinman gene had no heart. Quickly, mammalian counterparts of the tinman gene were identified and found to be expressed by early cardiomyogenic precursors and by cardiomyocytes throughout heart development. Since then, significant progress has been made in the understanding of molecular and genetic determinants of heart formation. An ever growing number of genes have been identified that are required for cardiogenesis, as evidenced by severe abnormalities in cardiac development produced by inactivation in the mouse or inhibition of gene function in other model organisms. Cardiovascular Development covers some of the latest research in the study of heart formation. Volume Editor Rolf Bodmer has assembled a world-class list of contributors whose research uses a variety of animal models and whose findings are certain to enhance our understanding of this exciting field. * Ties together the development of heart morphology and conduction system * The latest developments in vertebrate and invertebrate genetic model systems * Technological advancements in cardiovascular science.

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