1. From classical mutations and concepts to molecular regulation and evolutionary models of development

   • R. Zeller

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Molecular control of vertebrate limb development, evolution and congenital malformations

   • M. J. Cohn
   • Philippa E. Bright

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 3 - 17

3. Hox genes in digit development and evolution

   • József Zákány
   • Denis Duboule

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 19 - 25

4. Do 5’Hoxd genes play a role in initiating or maintaining A-P polarizing signals in the limb?

   • S. Mackem
   • Vladimir Knezevic

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 27 - 31

5. Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) and their roles in limb development

   • Xiaoling Xu
   • Michael Weinstein
   • C.-X. Deng

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 33 - 43

6. Fibroblast-growth-factor-induced additional limbs in the study of initiation of limb formation, limb identity, myogenesis, and innervation

   • Hideyo Ohuchi
   • S. Noji

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 45 - 56

7. T-box genes and the formation of vertebrate forelimb- and hindlimb specific pattern

   • H.-G. Simon

   REGULAR ARTICLE Pages: 57 - 66

8. Dorsoventral patterning of the vertebrate limb: a process governed by multiple events

   • Haixu Chen
   • R. L. Johnson

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 67 - 73

9. Gli genes and limb development

   • Thomas Theil
   • Susanne Kaesler
   • U. Rüther

   INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 75 - 83

10. Formin defines a large family of morphoregulatory genes and functions in establishment of the polarising region

    • R. Zeller
    • A. G. Haramis
    • Toby Gibson

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 85 - 93

11. Regulation by members of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily of the digital and interdigital fates of the autopodial limb mesoderm

    • Domingo Macias
    • Yolanda Gañan
    • J. M. Hurle

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 95 - 102

12. From head to toe: conservation of molecular signals regulating limb and craniofacial morphogenesis

    • Richard A. Schneider
    • Diane Hu
    • J. A. Helms

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 103 - 109

13. BMP/GDF-signalling interactions during synovial joint development

    • P. H. Francis-West
    • Joanne Parish
    • Charles W. Archer

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 111 - 119

14. The recombinant limb as a model for the study of limb patterning, and its application to muscle development

    • Marian Fernandez-Teran
    • M. Elisa Piedra
    • J. F. Fallon

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 121 - 129

15. Muscle development during vertebrate limb outgrowth

    • D. Büscher
    • Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 131 - 139

16. Extrinsic influences on limb muscle organisation

    • Chris S. Blagden
    • S. M. Hughes

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 141 - 150

17. Determination and development of the larval muscle pattern in Drosophila melanogaster

    • A. Paululat
    • Sebastian Breuer
    • Renate Renkawitz-Pohl

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 151 - 160

18. Myotome formation: a multistage process

    • C. Kalcheim
    • Yuval Cinnamon
    • Nitza Kahane

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 161 - 173

19. Regulation of hypaxial muscle development

    • Susanne Dietrich

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 175 - 182

20. The α7β1 integrin in muscle development and disease

    • Dean J. Burkin
    • S. J. Kaufman

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 183 - 190

21. M-cadherin and its sisters in development of striated muscle

    • Ulrike Kaufmann
    • Bernd Martin
    • A. Starzinski-Powitz

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 191 - 198

22. Genetic and epigenetic control of muscle development in vertebrates

    • B. Brand-Saberi
    • Bodo Christ

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 199 - 212

23. Transcriptional mechanisms regulating MyoD expression in the mouse

    • Jennifer C. J. Chen
    • D. J. Goldhamer

    INVITED ARTICLE Pages: 213 - 219