Developmental biology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sunderland, Mass. :
Sinauer Associates,
[2003]
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| Edition: | Seventh edition. |
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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