Publications

Selected Papers

1. Saunders, J.W. “The proximodistal sequence of origin of the parts of the chick wing and the role of the ectoderm.” J Exp Zool 108 (1948): 363-403.

2. Saunders, J.W., and P. Weiss. “Effects of removal of ectoderm on the origin and distribution of feather germs in the wing of the chick embryo.” Anat Rec 108 (1950): 581 (Abstract).

3. O’Brien, J.P., J.A. Belli, D.E. Wood, and J.W. Saunders. “A new technique for the study of the effects of x-radiation on mammalian skin maintained at different temperatures during exposure.” Science 118 (1953): 135-136.

4. Cairns, J.M., and J.W. Saunders. “The influence of embryonic mesoderm on the regional specification of epidermal derivatives in the chick.” J Exp Zool 127 (1954(: 221-248.

5. Saunders, J.W., M.T. Gasseling, and J.M. Cairns. “Effect of implantation site on the development of an implant in the chick embryo.” Nature 175 (1955): 673-676.

6. Saunders, J.W., et al. “The effects of tyrosine and phenylalanine on the synthesis of pigment in melanocytes of embryonic chick skin cultured in vitro.” J Nat Cancer Inst 16 (1955): 475-487.

7. Saunders, J.W., J.M. Cairns, and M.T. Gasseling. “The role of the apical ridge of ectoderm in the differentiation of the morphological structure and inductive specificity of limb parts in the chick embryo.” J Morphol 101 (1957): 57-87.

8. Saunders, J.W., and M.T. Gasseling. “The origin of pattern and feather germ tract specificity.” J Exp Zool 135 (1957): 503-527.

9. Saunders, J.W., M.T. Gasseling, and Sr.M.D. Gfeller. “Interactions of ectoderm and mesoderm in the origin of axial relationships in the wing of the fowl.” J Exp Zool 137 (1958): 39-74.

10. Saunders, J.W. “Inductive specificity in the origin of integumentary derivatives in the fowl.” Chemical Basis of Development. Ed. W.D. McElroy and B. Glass. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1958. 239-254.

11. Saunders, J.W. , M.T. Gasseling, and J.M. Cairns. “The differentiation of prospective thigh mesoderm grafted beneath the apical ectodermal ridge of the wing bud in the chick embryo.” Dev Biol 1 (1959): 281-301.

12. Abramoff, P., H. Chinchinian, and J.W. Saunders. “Detection of antigenically distinctive components of mouse melanoma S91.” J Nat Cancer Inst 22 (1959) 919-925.

13. Saunders, J.W. “Effects of reorienting the wing-bud apex in the chick embryo.” J Exp Zool 142 (1959): 553-569.

14. Gasseling, M.T., and J.W. Saunders. “ Effects of the apical ectodermal ridge on growth of the versene-stripped chick limb bud.” Dev Biol 3 (1961): 1-25.

15. Saunders, J.W., M.T. Gasseling, and L.C. Saunders. “Cellular death in morphogenesis of the avian wing.” Dev Biol 5 (1962): 147-178.

16. Bell, E., M.T.Gasseling, J.W. Saunders, and E. Zwilling. “On the role of ectoderm in limb development.” Dev Biol 4 (1962): 177-196.

17. Saunders, J.W. , and M.T Gasseling. “Transfilter propagation of apical ectoderm maintenance factor in the chick embryo wing bud.” Dev Biol 7 (1963): 64-78.

18. Saunders, J.W. “Cell death in embryos: accelerated senescence?” Topics in the Biology of Aging. Ed.,P.L Krohn. New York: Interscience, 1966. 159-162.

19. Saunders, J.W. “Death in embryonic systems.” Science 154 (1966): 604-612.

20. Saunders, J.W. “Control of growth patterns in limb development.” Normal and Abnormal Embryological Development. Ed., C.H. Frantz. Washington, D.C.: Publ. 1497 National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 1967. 16-26.

21. Saunders, J.W., and J.F. Fallon. “Cell death in morphogenesis.” Major Problems in Developmental Biology. Ed. M Locke. New York: Academic Press, 1967. 289-314.

22. Saunders, J.W., and M.T. Gasseling. “Ectodermal-mesodermal interactions in the origin of limb symmetry.” Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions. Eds., R.E. Fleischmajer and R. Billingham. Baltimore, Maryland: Williams & Wilkins, 1968. 78-97.

23. Saunders, J.W. “The emergence of order in developing systems. Introduction to the 27th Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology.” The Emergence of Order in Developing Systems. Ed., M.J. Locke. New York: Academic Press, 1968. pp: xxi-xxiii.

24. Saunders, J.W. “The interplay of morphogenetic factors.” Limb Development and Deformity: Problems of Evaluation and Rehabilitation. Ed., C.A. Swinyard. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1969. 84.

25. Saunders, J.W. “Developmental control of three-dimensional polarity in the avian limb.” Ann NY Acad.Sci, USA 193 (1972): 29-42.

26. Rubin, L. , and J.W. Saunders. “Ectodermal-mesodermal interactions in the growth of limb buds in the chick embryo: constancy and temporal limits of the ectodermal induction.” Dev Biol 28 (1972): 94-112.

27. MacCabe, A.B., M.T. Gasseling, and J.W. Saunders. “Spatiotemporal distribution of mechanisms that control outgrowth and anteroposterior polarization of the limb bud in the chick embryo.” Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 2 (1973): 1-12.

28. MacCabe, J.A., J.W. Saunders, and M. Pickett. “The control of the antero-posterior and dorso-ventral axes in embryonic chick limbs constructed of dissociated and reaggregated limb-bud mesoderm.” Dev Biol 31 (1973): 323-335.

29. Errick, J., and J.W. Saunders. “Effects of an “inside-out”limb bud ectoderm on development of the avian limb.” Dev Biol 41 (1974): 338-351.

30. Saunders, J.W., and C. Reuss. “Inductive and axial properties of prospective wing-bud mesoderm in the chick embryo.” Dev Biol 38 (1974): 41-50.

31. Errick, J.E, and J.W. Saunders. “Limb outgrowth in the chick embryo induced by dissociated and reaggregated cells of the apical ectodermal ridge.” Dev Biol 50 (1976): 26-34.

32. Saunders, J.W., M.T. Gasseling, and J. Errick. “Inductive activity and enduring cellular constitution of a supernumerary apical ectodermal ridge grafted to the limb bud of the chick embryo.” Dev Biol 50. (1976): 6-25.

33. Saunders, J. W. “The experimental analysis of chick limb bud development.” Vertebrate Limb and Somite Morphogenesis. Eds., D.E . Ede, J.R. Hinchliffe and M. Balls. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1977. 1-24.

34. Feinberg, R.N., and J.W. Saunders. “Effects of excising the apical ectodermal ridge on the development of the marginal vasculature of the wing bud in the chick embryo.” J Exp Zool 219 (1982): 345-354.

35.Murphy, M.J., M.T. Gasseling, and J.W. Saunders. “Formation of a functional apical ectodermal ridge from nonridge ectoderm in limb buds of chick and quail embryos.” J Exp Zool 226 (1983): 391-398.

36. Saunders, J.W., and M.T. Gasseling. “New insights into the problem of pattern regulation in the limb bud of the chick embryo.” Limb Development and Regeneration: Part A,. Eds., J.F. Fallon and A.I. Caplan. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1983. 67-76.

37. Saunders, J.W. “Operations on limb buds of avian embryos.” Methods in Cell Biology. Ed., M. Bronner-Fraser. New York: Academic Press, 1996. 51: 125-145.

38. Saunders, J.W. “The AER in retrospect.” J Exp Zool 282 (1998): 669-676.

39. Saunders, J.W.,πsJr. WILLIER, Benjamin Harrison. American National Biography, Eds. Garraty, J A. and. Cairns. M.C. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, Vol. 23,.528-529.

Books

1. Saunders, J.W. Animal Morphogenesis. New York: Macmillan, 1968. pp. 113.

2. Saunders, J.W. Patterns and Principles of Animal Development. New York: Macmillan, 1970. pp. 282.

3. Saunders, J.W. Developmental Biology: Patterns, Problems, and Principles. New York: Macmillan, 1982. pp. 559.