Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists. Development Growth and Differentiation is published by Blackwell Science on behalf of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists and publishes original papers dealing with all aspects of developmental phenomena in all kinds of organisms, including plants and micro-organisms.Papers in any of the following fields will be considered: developmental genetics, growth, differentiation, morphogenesis, cellular kinetics, fertilization, cell division, dormancy, germination, metamorphosis, regeneration and pathogenesis, at the molecular biological, biochemical, biophysical and analytically morphological levels. Reports on techniques applicable to the above fields are also considered. Occasional reviews on subjects selected by the Editors will also be published.