I: Vascular Morphogenesis In Vivo. - Introduction: Understanding Blood Vessel Assembly in the Embyro. - 1. 1 The Morphogenesis of Primordial Vascular Networks. - 1. 2 Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis: Analogous Mechanisms and Homologous Growth Factors. - 1. 3 Ontogeny of the Endothelial Network Analyzed in the Avian Model. - 1. 4 Methodology for the Study of Vascular Morphogenesis In Vivo. - 1. 5 Growth Factors in Vascular Morphogenesis: Insights from Gene Knockout Studies in Mice. - II: Vascular Morphogenesis In Vitro. - Introduction: Regulation of Vascular Morphogenesis. - 2. 1 Three-Dimensional In Vitro Assay of Endothelial Cell Invasion and Capillary Tube Morphogenesis. - 2. 2 The Rat Aorta Model of Angiogenesis and Its Applications. - 2. 3 In Vitro Coculture Models to Study Vessel Formation and Function. - III: Vascular Morphogenesis In Mente. - Introduction: Toward the Theoretical Biology of Vascular Morphogenesis. - 3. 1 Models for the Formation of Netlike Structures. - 3. 2 A Mechanical Theory of In Vitro Vascular Network Formation. - 3. 3 Blood Vessel Growth: Mathematical Analysis and Computer Simulation Fractality and Optimality. - 3. 4 Mathematical Modeling of Tumor-Induced Angiogenesis. - 3. 5 Is the Fractal Nature of Intraorgan Spatial Flow Distributions Based on Vascular Network Growth or on Local Metabolic Needs?. Language: English