Developmental biology /
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Oxford [England] : New York :
BIOS Scientific ; Springer,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- Sect. A. First principles
- A1. Basic concepts in development biology
- A2. Cell fate and commitment
- A3. Mechanism of developmental commitment
- A4. Mosaic and regulative development
- A5. Maintenance of differentiation
- A6. Pattern formation and compartments
- A7. Morphogenesis
- Sect. B. Experimental developmental biology
- B1. Model organisms
- B2. Developmental mutants
- B3. Transgenic organisms in development
- B4. Cellular and microsurgical techniques
- Sect. C. Genes in development
- C1. Gene expression and regulation
- C2. Chromatin and DNA methylation
- C3. Signal transduction in development
- C4. cell division cycle
- C5. cytoskeleton, cell adhesion and the extracellular matrix
- Sect. D. Unicellular models
- D1. Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis
- D2. Mating type switching in yeast
- D3. Aggregation and culmination in Dictyostelium discoideum
- Sect. E. Sex, gametes and fertilization
- E1. Germ line specification
- E2. Germ-cell migration
- E3. Gametogenesis
- E4. Gamete recognition, contact and fertilization
- E5. Sex determination
- Sect. F. Cleavage and gastrulation
- F1. Cleavage
- F2. Gastrulation in invertebrate embryos
- F3. Gastrulation in vertebrate embryos
- Sect. G. Single cell specification
- G1. Early animal development by single cell specification
- G2. Cell specification and patterning in Caenorhabditis elegans
- G3. Ascidian development
- G4. Early development of molluscs and annelids
- Sect. H. Axis specification and patterning in Drosophila
- H1. Molecular aspects of embryonic pattern formation in Drosophila
- H2. Anteroposterior axis specification in Drosophila
- H3. Gap genes
- H4. Molecular control of segmentation
- H5. Homeotic selector genes and regional specification
- H6. Dorsoventral axis specification and patterning
- Sect. I. Axis specification in vertebrates
- I1. Early patterning in vertebrates
- I2. vertebrate organizer
- I3. Left-right asymmetry in vertebrates
- Sect. J. Fate of the ectoderm
- J1. ectoderm: neural induction and the epidermis
- J2. Patterning the anteroposterior neuraxis
- J3. Patterning the dorsoventral neuraxis
- J4. Shaping the neural tube
- J5. Neurogenesis
- J6. neural crest
- J7. Neuronal connections
- Sect. K. Mesoderm and endoderm
- K1. Mesoderm induction and patterning
- K2. Somitogenesis and patterning
- K3. Somite differentiation
- K4. Mammalian kidney development
- K5. Heart development
- K6. Endoderm development
- Sect. L. Organogenesis in invertebrate model systems
- L1. Vulval specification in C. elegans
- L2. Pattern formation in imaginal discs
- L3. Drosophila eye development
- Sect. M. Vertebrate limb development
- M1. Initiation and maintenance of limb growth
- M2. Patterning and morphogenesis in limb development
- M3. Limb regeneration
- Sect. N. Plant development
- N1. Plant vs. animal development
- N2. Development of the plant embryo
- N3. Development of the seedling
- N4. Shoot and root meristems
- N5. Leaf development
- N6. Flower development.