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Developmental biology / Scott F. Gilbert, Swarthmore College and the University of Helsinki.

By: Gilbert, Scott F, 1949-.
Publisher: Sunderland, MA, USA : Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, ©2014Edition: Tenth edition.Description: xx, 719 pages, 97 variously numbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780878939787 (casebound).Subject(s): Embryology -- Textbooks | Developmental biology -- TextbooksDDC classification: 571.8/G37 Other classification: CAS
Contents:
1. Comprehending development: generating new cells and organs -- 2. Differential gene expression in development -- 3. Cell-cell communication in development -- 4. Fertilization: beginning a new organism -- 5. Early development: rapid specification in snails and nematodes -- 6. The genetics of axis specification in drosophila -- 7. Sea urchins and tunicates: deuterostome invertebrates -- 8. Early development in vertebrates: amphibians and fish -- 9. Early development in vertebrates: birds and mammals -- 10. The emergence of the ectoderm: central nervous system and epidermis -- 11. Neural crest cells and axonal specificity -- 12. Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm -- 13. Lateral plate mesoderm and the endoderm -- 14. Development of the tetrapod limb -- 15. Sex determination -- 16. Postembryonic development: metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging -- 17. The saga of the germ line -- 18. Birth defects, endocrine disruptors, and cancer -- 19. Ecological developmental biology: biotic, abiotic, and symbiotic regulation of development -- 20. Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Comprehending development: generating new cells and organs -- 2. Differential gene expression in development -- 3. Cell-cell communication in development -- 4. Fertilization: beginning a new organism -- 5. Early development: rapid specification in snails and nematodes -- 6. The genetics of axis specification in drosophila -- 7. Sea urchins and tunicates: deuterostome invertebrates -- 8. Early development in vertebrates: amphibians and fish -- 9. Early development in vertebrates: birds and mammals -- 10. The emergence of the ectoderm: central nervous system and epidermis -- 11. Neural crest cells and axonal specificity -- 12. Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm -- 13. Lateral plate mesoderm and the endoderm -- 14. Development of the tetrapod limb -- 15. Sex determination -- 16. Postembryonic development: metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging -- 17. The saga of the germ line -- 18. Birth defects, endocrine disruptors, and cancer -- 19. Ecological developmental biology: biotic, abiotic, and symbiotic regulation of development -- 20. Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.

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