Ebook: Developmental biology: a very short introduction

This title provides a concise account of what we now know about development, discussing the first vital steps of growth, the patterning created by Hox genes and the development of form, embryonic stem cells, the timing of gene expression and its management, chemical signalling, and growth.;1. Cells -- 2. Vertebrates -- 3. Invertebrates and plants -- 4. Morphogenesis -- 5. Germ cells and sex -- 6. Cell differentiation and stem cells -- 7. Organs -- 8. Nervous system -- 9. Growth, cancer, and ageing -- 10. Regeneration -- 11. Evolution.