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Developmental Biology

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Hardback, 784 pages
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United States, 1 January 2003

A Vade Mecum CD-ROM (ISBN 0 87893 259 X) is included with every copy of the book. This updated version now also includes Mary Tyler's new laboratory manual, "Developmental Biology: A Guide for Experimental Study", third edition, and now in electronic (PDF) format. The website at www.devbio.com is completely updated and cross-referenced throughout the textbook. Lecturer supplements include: "Instructor's Resource CD" (ISBN 0 87893 259 3) which contains all the figures from the textbook, and 200 overhead transparencies (ISBN 0 87893 260 7).


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A Vade Mecum CD-ROM (ISBN 0 87893 259 X) is included with every copy of the book. This updated version now also includes Mary Tyler's new laboratory manual, "Developmental Biology: A Guide for Experimental Study", third edition, and now in electronic (PDF) format. The website at www.devbio.com is completely updated and cross-referenced throughout the textbook. Lecturer supplements include: "Instructor's Resource CD" (ISBN 0 87893 259 3) which contains all the figures from the textbook, and 200 overhead transparencies (ISBN 0 87893 260 7).

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9780878932580
ISBN
0878932585
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753 illustrations
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28.5 x 22.3 x 3.2 centimeters (2.05 kg)

Table of Contents

PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY - Developmental Biology: The Anatomical Tradition - Life Cycles and the Evolution of Developmental Patterns - Principles of Experimental Embryology - The Genetic Core of Development - The Paradigm of Differential Gene Expression - Cell-Cell Communication in Development - EARLY EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT - Fertilization: Beginning a New Organism - Early Development in Selected Invertebrates - The Genetics of Axis Specification in Drosphilia - Early Development and Axis Formation in Amphibians - The Early Development of Vertebrates: Fish, Birds and Mammals - LATER EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT - The Emergence of the Ectoderm: The Central Nervous System and the Epidermis - Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity - Paraxial and Intermediate Mesoderm - Lateral plate Mesoderm and Endoderm - Development of the Tetrapod Limb - Sex determination - Metamorphosis, Regeneration, and Aging - The Saga of the Germ Line - RAMIFICATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT BIOLOGY - An Overview of Plant Development; S.R.Singer - Medical Implications of Developmental Development - Environmental Regulation of Animal Development - Developmental Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change

About the Author

SCOTT F.GILBERT is Howard A.Schneiderman Professor of Biology at Swarthmore College and teaches developmental biology, developmental genetics and the history of biology

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