Ebook: Developmental Biology

No field of contemporary biomedical science has been more revolutionized by the techniques of molecular biology than developmental biology. This is an outstanding concise introduction to developmental biology that takes a contemporary approach to describing the complex process that transforms an egg into an adult organism. The book features exceptionally clear two-color illustrations, and is designed for use in both undergraduate and graduate level courses. The book is especially noteworthy for its treatment of development in model organisms, whose contributions to developmental biology were recognized in the 1995 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Development: Organisms Construct and Organize Themselves on the Basis of Inherited Information....Pages 1-8
Basic Stages, Principles, and Terms of Developmental Biology....Pages 9-20
Model Organisms in Developmental Biology....Pages 21-121
Comparative Review: The Phylotypic Stage of Vertebrates, Common versus Distinct Features, and Aspects of Evolution....Pages 122-136
The Egg Cell and the Sperm Get a Dowry....Pages 137-145
The Start: Fertilization and Activation of the Egg....Pages 146-155
Precisely Patterned Cleavage Divisions Are Driven by an Oscillator....Pages 156-159
Determination: Cells Are Programmed and Committed to Their Fates....Pages 160-164
Epigenetic Pattern Formation: New Patterns Are Created During Development....Pages 165-201
Differentiation Is Based upon Differential Gene Expression that Is Programmed during Determination....Pages 202-221
Cell Differentiation Frequently Is Irreversible and Causes Cell Death; Early Cell Death Can Be Programmed....Pages 222-227
Animal Morphogenesis Is Shaped Actively by Adhesion and Cell Migration....Pages 228-234
Cell Journeys: Even Germ Cells and Cells of the Peripheral Nervous System Originate from Emigrant Precursors....Pages 235-241
Development of the Nervous System: Cell Migration, Pathfinding, and Self-Organization....Pages 242-256
Heart and Blood Vessels: Divergent Developmental Roads but One System in the End....Pages 257-262
Stem Cells Enable Continuous Growth and Renewal....Pages 263-273
Signal Molecules Control Development and Growth....Pages 274-281
Cancer Comes from Disturbed Growth and Differentiation Control....Pages 282-288
Metamorphosis: A “Second Embryogenesis” Creates a Second Phenotype....Pages 289-300
Sex and the Single Gene....Pages 301-309
Regeneration and Renewal versus Loss and Death....Pages 310-322
Life and Death: What Is the Major Mystery?....Pages 323-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-382

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Development: Organisms Construct and Organize Themselves on the Basis of Inherited Information....Pages 1-8
Basic Stages, Principles, and Terms of Developmental Biology....Pages 9-20
Model Organisms in Developmental Biology....Pages 21-121
Comparative Review: The Phylotypic Stage of Vertebrates, Common versus Distinct Features, and Aspects of Evolution....Pages 122-136
The Egg Cell and the Sperm Get a Dowry....Pages 137-145
The Start: Fertilization and Activation of the Egg....Pages 146-155
Precisely Patterned Cleavage Divisions Are Driven by an Oscillator....Pages 156-159
Determination: Cells Are Programmed and Committed to Their Fates....Pages 160-164
Epigenetic Pattern Formation: New Patterns Are Created During Development....Pages 165-201
Differentiation Is Based upon Differential Gene Expression that Is Programmed during Determination....Pages 202-221
Cell Differentiation Frequently Is Irreversible and Causes Cell Death; Early Cell Death Can Be Programmed....Pages 222-227
Animal Morphogenesis Is Shaped Actively by Adhesion and Cell Migration....Pages 228-234
Cell Journeys: Even Germ Cells and Cells of the Peripheral Nervous System Originate from Emigrant Precursors....Pages 235-241
Development of the Nervous System: Cell Migration, Pathfinding, and Self-Organization....Pages 242-256
Heart and Blood Vessels: Divergent Developmental Roads but One System in the End....Pages 257-262
Stem Cells Enable Continuous Growth and Renewal....Pages 263-273
Signal Molecules Control Development and Growth....Pages 274-281
Cancer Comes from Disturbed Growth and Differentiation Control....Pages 282-288
Metamorphosis: A “Second Embryogenesis” Creates a Second Phenotype....Pages 289-300
Sex and the Single Gene....Pages 301-309
Regeneration and Renewal versus Loss and Death....Pages 310-322
Life and Death: What Is the Major Mystery?....Pages 323-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-382
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