Publisher Summary This chapter discusses a number of different aspects of the neural crest
development in amphibia, particularly in Xenopus, because of the detailed knowledge of the
cellular and molecular aspects of its early development. The chapter discusses the
knowledge generated in amphibia since the turn of the century, following the methods, used
by experimental embryologists in their attempts not only to establish the structures that
originate from the neural crest but also to study its properties. The neural crest is a unique …