Immunology and Developmental Biology of the Chicken
The chicken is a useful model for research into the basic features of immunology because its immune system functions in a way similar to that of human beings and because the chicken embryo is easily accessed experimentally. This book is a collection of co
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Editors R.W. Compans, Atlanta/Georgia M. Cooper, Birmingham/Alabama· H. Koprowski, Philadelphia/Pennsylvania· F. Melchers, Basel M. Oldstone, La Jolla/California· S. Olsnes, Oslo M. Potter, Bethesda/Maryland· H. Saedler, Cologne P.K. Vogt, La Jolla/California· H. Wagner, Munich
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Immunology and Developmental Biology of the Chicken Edited by o. Vainio and B.A. Imhof
With 43 Figures
Springer
OLLI VAINIO,
BEAT
A.
M.D.
IMHOF,
Ph.D.
Basel Institute for Immunology Grenzacherstr.487 4005 Basel Switzerland
Cover illustration: A montage showing a 3.5-day-old embryo and two chickens one day after hatching. At this stage of embryonic development, the first hemopoietic progenitor cells emerge in intra-aortic clusters. The embryo is an adapted computer design of a drawing made by Mathias Duval in 1889 in Paris. (Designed by Andre Traunecker, Basel Institute for Immunology.) Cover design: KOnkel+Lopka, IIvesheim
ISSN 0070-217X ISBN-13:978-3-642-80059-7 e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-80057-3 001: 10.1007/978-3-642-80057-3
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Preface
The chicken is a useful model for research into the basic features of immunology because its immune system functions in a way similar to that of human beings and because the chicken embryo is easily accessed experimentally. This book is a collection of comprehensive articles updating chicken embryogenesis and immunology. It is now clear that it is possible to produce transgenic chickens by embryonic stem cell manipulation and transfer into the oocyte. Alternatively, the chick offers us the possibility of producing somatic chimeras by manipulating embryonic c
