Essential Developmental Biology
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Essential Developmental Biology

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Essential Developmental Biology

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Essential Developmental Biology, 2nd Edition, is a concise and well-illustrated treatment of this subject for undergraduates. With an emphasis throughout on the evidence underpinning the main conclusions, this book is suitable as the key text for both introductory and more advanced courses in developmental biology.

  • Includes new chapters on Evolution & Development, Gut Development, & Growth and Aging.
  • Contains expanded treatment of mammalian fertilization, the heart and stem cells.
  • Now features a glossary, notated further reading, and key discovery boxes.
  • Illustrated with over 250 detailed, full-color drawings.
  • Accompanied by a dedicated website, featuring animated developmental processes, a photo gallery of selected model organisms, and all art in PowerPoint and jpeg formats (also available to instructors on CD-ROM).

An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at [email protected] for more information.

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Information

Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781405122160
eBook ISBN
9781444309157
Edition
2
Subtopic
Biologia

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Section 1: Groundwork
  3. Chapter 1The excitement of developmental biology
  4. Where the subject came from
  5. Central position in biology
  6. Impact on society
  7. Future impact
  8. Chapter 2 Common features of development
  9. Genomic equivalence, cloning of animals
  10. Gametogenesis
  11. Early development
  12. Morphogenetic processes
  13. Growth and death
  14. Chapter 3 Developmental genetics
  15. Developmental mutants
  16. Screening for mutants
  17. Cloning of genes
  18. Transgenesis
  19. Gene duplication
  20. Chapter 4 Experimental embryology
  21. Normal development
  22. Developmental commitment
  23. Acquisition of commitment
  24. Homeotic genes
  25. Criteria for proof
  26. Chapter 5 Techniques for the study of development
  27. Microscopy
  28. Study of gene expression by biochemical methods
  29. Study of gene expression by in situ methods
  30. Reporter genes
  31. Microinjection
  32. Cell-labeling methods
  33. Cell sorting
  34. Section 2: Major model organisms
  35. Chapter 6 Model organisms
  36. The big six
  37. A vailability and cost
  38. Access and micromanipulation
  39. Genetics and genome maps
  40. Relevance and tempo
  41. Chapter 7 Xenopus
  42. Oogenesis, maturation, fertilization
  43. Embryonic development
  44. Experimental methods
  45. Regional specification
  46. Inductive interactions
  47. Chapter 8 The zebrafish
  48. Normal development
  49. Mutagenesis
  50. Regional specification
  51. Chapter 9 The chick
  52. Normal development
  53. Regional specification of the early embryo
  54. Description of organogenesis in the chick
  55. Chapter 10 The mouse
  56. Mammalian fertilization
  57. Normal embryonic development
  58. Technology of mouse development
  59. Regional specification in development
  60. Other topics in mouse development
  61. Chapter 11 Drosophila
  62. Insects
  63. Normal development
  64. Drosophila developmental genetics
  65. Overview of the developmental program
  66. The dorsoventral pattern
  67. The anteroposterior system
  68. Chapter 12 Caenorhabditis elegans
  69. Normal development
  70. Regional specification in the embryo
  71. Analysis of postembryonic development
  72. Programmed cell death
  73. Section 3: Organogenesis
  74. Chapter 13 Tissue organization and stem cells
  75. Types of tissue
  76. Tissue renewal
  77. Skin
  78. Intestine
  79. Hematopoietic system
  80. Chapter 14 Development of the nervous system
  81. Overall structure and cell types
  82. Anteroposterior patterning of the neural plate
  83. Dorsoventral patterning of the neural tube
  84. Neurogenesis and gliogenesis
  85. The neural crest
  86. Development of neuronal connectivity
  87. Chapter 15 Development of mesodermal organs
  88. Somitogenesis and myogenesis
  89. The kidney
  90. Germ cell and gonadal development
  91. Limb development
  92. Heart and blood vessels
  93. Chapter 16 Development of endodermal organs
  94. Normal development
  95. Determination of the endoderm
  96. The pancreas
  97. Chapter 17 Drosophila imaginal discs
  98. Metamorphosis
  99. Genetic study of larval development
  100. Mitotic recombination
  101. Disc development
  102. Regional patterning of the wing disc
  103. Section 4: Growth, regeneration, and evolution
  104. Chapter 18 Growth, aging, and cancer
  105. Size and proportion
  106. Growth in stature
  107. Aging
  108. Postnatal disorders of growth and differentiation
  109. Chapter 19 Regeneration of missing parts
  110. Planarian regeneration
  111. Vertebrate limb regeneration
  112. Chapter 20 Evolution and development
  113. Macroevolution
  114. The primordial animal
  115. What really happened in evolution?
  116. Appendix: Key molecular components
  117. Genes
  118. Transcription factor families
  119. Signaling systems
  120. Inducing factor families
  121. Cytoskeleton
  122. Cell adhesion molecules
  123. Extracellular matrix components
  124. Glossary
  125. Index