Contents
Series Preface .........................................................................................................vii
Preface........................................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgements...................................................................................................xii
Editor Biographies....................................................................................................xv
List of Contributors.................................................................................................xvii
Chapter 1 What Is a Cell Type?.............................................................................1
Alessandro Minelli
Chapter 2 The Protistan Origins of Animal Cell Differentiation........................ 13
Sebastián R. Najle and Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo
Chapter 3 Convergent Evolution of Animal-Like Organelles across the
Tree of Eukaryotes..............................................................................27
Greg S. Gavelis, Gillian H. Gile and Brian S. Leander
Chapter 4 Evolution of the Animal Germline: Insights from Animal
Lineages with Remarkable Regenerating Capabilities........................ 47
Ana Riesgo and Jordi Solana
Chapter 5 Origin and Evolution of Epithelial Cell Types.................................... 75
Emmanuelle Renard, André Le Bivic, and Carole Borchiellini
Chapter 6 Evolution of the Sensory/Neural Cell Types..................................... 101
Sally P. Leys, Jasmine L. Mah, Emma K.J. Esposito
Chapter 7 Cell Types, Morphology, and Evolution of Animal Excretory
Organs............................................................................................... 129
Carmen Andrikou, Ludwik G¿siorowski, and Andreas Hejnol
Index....................................................................................................................... 165
