• 1. Polar cell growth and the cytoskeleton biology. Patrick J. Hussey, Michael J. Deeks, Timothy J. Hawkins and Tijs Ketelaar, The Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, UK.2. Mechanisms of cell polarity establishment and polar auxin transport.Arthur J. Molendijk, Olaf Tietz, Benedetto Ruperti, Ivan A. Paponov and Klaus Palme, Zellbiologie, Universitaet Freiburg, Germany.3. Polarity and cell walls.Przemyslaw Wojtaszek, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznañ, Poland and Dieter Volkmann and Frantisek Baluska, Botanisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Germany.4. Polarity in single cells: root hairs, epidermal pavement cells and trichomes.Stefanie Falk, Jaideep Mathur and Martin Hülskamp, Botanical Institute, University of Köln, Germany.5. From polarity to pattern: early development in fucoid algae.Colin Brownlee, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, UK.6. Polarity in Arabidopsis embryogenesis.Ramon A. Torres Ruiz, Institute for Genetics, University of Düsseldorf, Germany.7. Polarity in roots.Peter W. Barlow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK and Dieter Volkmann and Frantisek Baluska, Botanisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Germany.8. Development of the shoot apical meristem.Rüdiger Simon, Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, University of Köln, Germany.9. Polar signals in vascular development.Thomas Berleth and Enrico Scarpella, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Canada.10. Establishment of polarity in lateral organs of seed plants.John L. Bowman, Section of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, USA.11. Polarity in floral development.Martin Kieffer and Brendan Davies, Leeds Institute for Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture, University of Leeds, UK.References.Index

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