Development of Function in the Fetus
The mesonephros is the functional adult kidney in amphibia and fish and is an essential precursor for the formation of the metanephros. Thus, gene defects which prevent formation of a mesonephros inevitably result in total anephric neonates. The transient
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Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology
Editors F.F. Beck, Melbourne . F. Clascá, Madrid M. Frotscher, Freiburg . D.E. Haines, Jackson N. Hirokawa, Tokyo . Z. Kmiec, Gdansk H.-W. Korf, Frankfurt . E. Marani, Enschede R. Putz, München . Y. Sano, Kyoto T.H. Schiebler, Würzburg J.-P. Timmermans, Antwerpen
K.M. Moritz, E.M. Wintour, M.J. Black, J.F. Bertram and G. Caruana
Factors Influencing Mammalian Kidney Development: Implications for Health in Adult Life With 12 Figures
Karen M. Moritz School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072 Australia e-mail: [email protected] M. Jane Black John F. Bertram Georgina Caruana Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800 Australia Marelyn Wintour-Coghlan Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800 Australia e-mail: [email protected]
ISSN 0301-5556 ISBN 978-3-540-77767-0
e-ISBN 978-3-540-77768-7
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List of Contents
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
Morphological Development of the Mammalian Kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pronephros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mesonephros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metanephros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renal Vascular Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development of the Renal Nerves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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3 3.1 3.2
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