[Current Topics in Developmental Biology] Ciliary Function in Mammalian Development Volume 85 || Chapter 3 How Did the Cilium Evolve?

✍ Scribed by Satir, Peter

• Book ID: 118020693
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 732 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0123744539
• ISSN: 0070-2153
• DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)00803-x

✦ Synopsis

Cilia--the tiny hairlike structures on the surface of cells—-have recently been identified as playing a role in a variety of disease and developmental disorders. Absent or defective cilia in certain cells can cause infertility, blindness, kidney disease, and lung disease. This volume presents recent findings in cilia research and current thought on the role of cilia in disease and developmental abnormalities.