TY - JOUR T1 - Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 456 LP - 456 DO - 10.1136/gut.49.3.456a VL - 49 IS - 3 AU - L WEAVER Y1 - 2001/09/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/49/3/456.2.abstract N2 - Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Edited by I R Sanderson, W A Walker (Pp 324; illustrated). Canada: BC Decker Inc, 2000. ISBN 1 55009 081 X.When I was a fellow with Allan Walker 15 years ago, gut development was a topic of interest to a handful of researchers worldwide. A classic review by Grand, Watkins, and Torti published inGastroenterology in 1976, and Koldovsky's monograph Development of the Functions of the Small Intestine in Mammals and Man in 1969 brought together much of what was then known about the ontogeny of the human gut. Developmental biologists were beginning to recognise the opportunities offered by this rapidly differentiating organ to understand the interactions of genetic endowment and environmental influences in early life. The focus of much research was on the process of adaptation to milk feeding. With the survival of … ER -