Group description/Main objectives

The group studies how macroevolutionary patterns are reflected in the morphogenesis of three vertebrate groups, mammals (mouse), birds (chick) and fish (zebrafish), and how they are regulated during embryogenesis. The group focuses on how the extracellular matrix and cell-extracellular matrix interactions influence cell differentiation and cell behaviour during morphogenesis, with emphasis on mesoderm development mainly during somitogenesis and myogenesis.

Head of group (2010): Sólveig Thorsteinsdóttir