Developmental biology

Developmental biology / Scott F. Gilbert, Swarthmore College and the University of Helsinki ; Michael J.F. Barresi, Smith College.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gilbert, Scott F., 1949- (Author), Barresi, Michael J. F., 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sunderland, Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Edition:Eleventh edition.
Subjects:
Embryology > Textbooks.
Developmental biology > Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Patterns and processes of becoming: a framework for understanding animal development
  • 1. Making new bodies: mechanisms of developmental organization
  • 2. Specifying identity: mechanisms of developmental patterning
  • 3. Differential gene expression: mechanisms of cell differentiation
  • 4. Cell-to-cell communication: mechanisms of morphogenesis
  • 5. Stems cells: their potential and their niches
  • Part II. Gametogenesis and fertilization: the circle of sex
  • 6. Sex determination and gametogenesis
  • 7. Fertilization: beginning a new organism
  • Part III. Early development: cleavage, gastrulation, and axis formation
  • 8. Rapid specification in snails and nematodes
  • 9. The genetics of axis specification in Drosophila
  • 10. Sea urchins and tunicates: deuterostome invertebrates
  • 11. Amphibians and fish
  • 12. Birds and mammals
  • Part IV. Building with ectoderm: the vertebrate nervous system and epidermis
  • 13. Neural tube formation and patterning
  • 14. Brain growth
  • 15. Neural crest cells and axonal specificity
  • 16. Ectodermal placodes and the epidermis
  • Part V. Building with mesoderm and endoderm: organogenesis
  • 17. Paraxial mesoderm: the somites and their derivatives
  • 18. Intermediate and lateral plate mesoderm: heart, blood, and kidneys
  • 19. Development of the tetrapod limb
  • 20. The endoderm: tubes and organs for digestion and respiration
  • Part IV. Postembryonic development
  • 21. Metamorphosis: the hormonal reactivation of development
  • 22. Regeneration
  • 23. Aging and senescence
  • Part VII. Development in wider contexts
  • 24. Development in health and disease: birth defects, endocrine disruptors, and cancer
  • 25. Development and the environment: biotic, abiotic, and symbiotic regulation of development
  • 26. Development and evolution: developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.

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