Contents<br> Contributors <br> Preface <br>1 Stem cells and cellular pedigrees - a conceptual introduction / M. Loeffler, C. S. Potten 1 <br>2 Stem cells and founder zones in plants, particularly their roots / P. W. Barlow 29 <br>3 The stem cell concept applied to shoot meristems of higher planes / D. Francis 59 <br>4 Skeletal muscle stem cells: function and potential role in therapy / D. J. Watt, G. E. Jones 75 <br>5 Cell progenitors in the neural crest / C. Dulac, P. Cameron-Curry 99 <br>6 Phenotypic diversify and lineage relationships in vascular endothelial cells / A. M. Schor, S. L. Schor, E. Arciniegas 119 <br>7 Mammary stem cells in normal development and cancer / P. S. Rudland, R. Barraclough, D. G. Fernig, J. A. Smith 147 <br>8 Liver stem cells / J. W. Grisham, S. S. Thorgeirsson 233 <br>9 Regulation of proliferation and differentiation of stem cells in the male germ line / D. G. de Rooij, F. M. F. van Dissel-Emiliani 283 <br>10 Stem cell repertoire in the intestine / N. A. Wright 315 <br>11 Keratinocyte stem cells of cornea, skin and hair follicles / S. J. Miller, R. M. Lavker, T-T. Sun 331 <br>12 Tumour stem cells / J. Kummermehr, K.-R. Trott 363 <br>13 Biology of the haemopoietic stem cell / B. I. Lord 401 <br>14 Growth factors and the regulation of haemopoietic stem cells / C. M. Heyworth, N. G. Testa, A. M. Buckle, A. D. Whetton 423 <br>15 Haemopoietic stem cells for gene therapy / J. A. Nolta, D. B. Kohn 447 <br> Index 463 <br>