A presentation of all aspects of neural crest cell origins (embryological and evolutionary)
development and evolution neural crest cell behavior (migration) and anomalies
(neurocristopathies and birth defects) that arise from defective neural crest development. The
treatment of development will include discussions of cellular molecular and genetic aspects of
the differentiation and morphogenesis of neural crest cells and structures derived from neural
crest cells. The origins of the neural crest in embryology will be discussed using the recent
information on the molecular basis of the specification of the neural crest. Also presented are
the advances in our understanding of the evolution of jaws from studies on lampreys and of the
neural crest from studies on ascidians and amphioxus.
