Developmental biology /
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| Author / Creator: | Gilbert, Scott F., 1949- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c1988. |
| Description: | xvi, 843 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/900404 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Principles of development in biology
- Chapter 1. Developmental biology: The anatomical tradition
- Chapter 2. Life cycles and the evolution of developmental patterns
- Chapter 3. Principles of experimental embryology
- Chapter 4. Genes and development: Techniques and ethical issues
- Chapter 5. The genetic core of development: Differential gene expression
- Chapter 6. Cell-cell communication in development
- Part 2. Early embryonic development
- Chapter 7. Fertilization: Beginning a new organism
- Chapter 8. Early development in selected invertebrates
- An Introduction to Early Developmental Processes
- The Early Development of Sea Urchins
- The Early Development of Snails
- Early Development in Tunicates
- Early Development of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
- Chapter 9. The genetics of axis specification in Drosophila
- Early Drosophila Development
- The Origins of Anterior-Posterior Polarity
- The Generation of Dorsal-Ventral Polarity
- Chapter 10. Early development and axis formation in amphibians
- Early Amphibian Development
- Axis Formation In Amphibians: The Phenomenon of the Organizer
- Chapter 11. The early development of vertebrates: Fish, birds, and mammals
- Early Development in Fish
- Early Development In Birds
- Early Mammalian Development
- Part 3. Later embryonic development
- Chapter 12. The central nervous system and the epidermis
- Chapter 13. Neural crest cells and axonal specificity
- The Neural Crest
- Neuronal Specification and Axonal Specificity
- Chapter 14. Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm
- Chapter 15. Lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm
- Lateral Plate Mesoderm
- Endoderm
- Chapter 16. Development of the tetrapod limb
- Chapter 17. Sex determination
- Chapter 18. Metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging
- Metamorphosis: The Hormonal Reactivation of Development
- Regeneration
- Aging: The Biology of Senescence
- Chapter 19. The saga of the germ line
- Part 4. Ramifications of developmental biology
- Chapter 20. An overview of plant development
- Chapter 21. Environmental regulation of animal development
- Environmental Regulation of Normal Development
- Environmental Disruption of Normal Development
- Chapter 22. Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change
- Appendix I. A Partial List of Genes Active in Human Development
- Sources for Chapter-Opening Quotations
- Author Index
- Subject Index
