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Essential developmental biology / Jonathan M.W. Slack
- Author
- Slack, J. M. W. (Jonathan Michael Wyndham), 1949-
- Published
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012.
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Physical Description
- xi, 479 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Groundwork -- 1.The excitement of developmental biology -- Where the subject came from -- Impact of developmental biology -- Future impact -- Further reading -- 2.How development works -- Ultrashort summary -- Gametogenesis -- Early development -- Morphogenetic processes -- Growth and death -- Further reading -- 3.Approaches to development: developmental genetics -- Developmental mutants -- Sex chromosomes -- Maternal and zygotic -- Genetic pathways -- Genetic mosaics -- Screening for mutants -- Cloning of genes -- Gain- and loss-of-function experiments -- Gene duplication -- Limitations of developmental genetics -- Further reading -- 4.Approaches to development: experimental embryology -- Normal development -- Developmental commitment -- Criteria for proof -- Further reading -- 5.Approaches to development: cell and molecular biology techniques -- Microscopy -- Study of gene expression by molecular biology methods -- Study of gene expression by in situ methods -- Microinjection -- Cell-labeling methods -- Further reading -- Section 2 Major model organisms -- 6.Model organisms -- The big six -- Access and micromanipulation -- Genetics and genome maps -- Relevance and tempo -- Other organisms -- Further reading -- 7.Xenopus -- Oogenesis, maturation, and fertilization -- Normal development -- Experimental methods -- Processes of regional specification -- Inductive interactions -- Further reading -- 8.The zebrafish -- Normal development -- Genetics -- Embryological and molecular techniques -- Regional specification -- Other uses for the zebrafish -- Further reading -- 9.The chick -- Normal development -- Regional specification of the early embryo -- Description of organogenesis in the chick -- Further reading -- 10.The mouse -- Mammalian fertilization -- Normal development -- Regional specification -- Human early development -- Mouse developmental genetics -- Other topics in mouse development -- Further reading -- 11.Drosophila -- Insects -- Normal development -- Drosophila developmental genetics -- The developmental program -- Further reading -- 12.Caenorhabditis elegans -- Adult anatomy -- Embryonic development -- Analysis of postembryonic development -- Further reading -- Section 3 Organogenesis -- 13.Techniques for studying organogenesis and postnatal development -- Genetics -- Clonal analysis -- Tissue and organ culture -- Cell separation methods -- Further reading -- 14.Development of the nervous system -- Overall structure and cell types -- Anteroposterior patterning of the neural plate -- Dorsoventral patterning of the neural tube -- Neurogenesis and gliogenesis -- The neural crest -- Development of neuronal connectivity -- Further reading -- 15.Development of mesodermal organs -- Somitogenesis and myogenesis -- The kidney -- Germ cell and gonadal development -- Limb development -- Blood and blood vessels -- The heart -- Further reading -- 16.Development of endodermal organs -- Normal development -- Experimental analysis of endoderm development -- The pancreas -- Further reading -- 17.Drosophila imaginal discs -- Metamorphosis -- Disc development -- Further reading -- Section 4 Growth, regeneration, evolution -- 18.Tissue organization and stem cells -- Types of tissue -- Tissue renewal -- Stem cells -- Further reading -- 19.Growth, aging and cancer -- Growth: control of size and proportion -- Aging -- Cancer -- Further reading -- 20.Regeneration of missing parts -- Distribution of regenerative capacity -- Planarian regeneration -- Insect limb regeneration -- Vertebrate limb regeneration -- General properties of regeneration -- Further reading -- 21.Applications of pluripotent stem cells -- Cell transplantation therapy -- Embryonic stem cells -- Personalized pluripotent stem cells -- Proposed cell transplantation therapies using pluripotent stem cells -- Further reading -- 22.Evolution and development -- Macroevolution -- The primordial animal -- What really happened in evolution? -- Further reading -- Appendix: Key molecular components -- Genes -- Transcription factor families -- Signaling systems -- Inducing factor families -- Cytoskeleton -- Cell adhesion molecules -- Extracellular matrix components -- Further Reading.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781118022863 (hardback : alk. paper)
1118022866 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780470923511 (pbk.)
0470923512 (pbk.) - Note
- AUTH: UNIV. OF MINNESOTA. TEXTBOOK--GRAD. W/ ONLINE RESOURCES.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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