Developmental biology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilbert, Scott F., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, [2003]
Edition:Seventh edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Developmental biology : anatomical tradition
  • Life cycles and the evolution of developmental patterns
  • Principles of experimental embryology
  • Genetic core of development
  • Paradigm of differential gene expression
  • Cell-cell communication in development
  • Fertilization : beginning a new organism
  • Early development in selected invertebrates
  • Genetics of axis specification in Drosophila
  • Early development and axis formation in amphibians
  • Early development of vertebrates : fish, birds, and mammals
  • Emergence of the ectoderm : central nervous system and the epidermis
  • Neural crest cells and axonal specificity
  • Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm
  • Lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm
  • Development of the tetrapod limb
  • Sex determination
  • Metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging
  • Saga of the germ life
  • Overview of plant development
  • Medical implications of developmental biology
  • Environmental regulation of animal development
  • Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change