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ISBN 10: 0878932585 
ISBN 13: 9780878932580
Author: Scott F Gilbert

Developmental Biology, Seventh Edition captures the richness, the intellectual excitement, and the wonder of contemporary developmental biology. It is written primarily for undergraduate biology majors but will be useful for introducing graduate students and medical students to developmental biology. In addition to exploring and synthesizing the organismal, cellular, and molecular aspects of animal development, the Seventh Edition expands its coverage of the medical, environmental, and evolutionary aspects of developmental biology.

FEATURES OF THE SEVENTH EDITION

A completely updated text integrates classical developmental biology with contemporary techniques, including the new material on vertebrate limb cell specification, microarrays, RNA interference, microtubular motors, floxed genes, vertebra formation, neural crest differentiation, neural crest specification, heart cell specification, herbicide-induced gonadal disruptions, pancreatic development, digit determination, tadpole deiodinases, insulin-like growth factors, developmental symbioses, and the developmental origins of feathers, jaws, and teeth during evolution.

A new chapter on medical implications of developmental biology • The news is full of developmental biology and its medical implications. Therapeutic cloning and cancer therapies, in vitro fertilization, congenital anomalies, and teratogenesis are major concerns not only of scientists but of all citizens. Chapter 21, "Medical Implications of Human Development," brings these topics together and discusses:

* the regulation of fertility
* the identification of genetic defects that affect development
* the identification of teratogenic compounds that affect development
* the identification of factors in the maternal environment which may influence the health of the fetus or the adult
* the realization that cancers can be disruptions of developmental regulation and might be cured through developmental processes
* the attempts to cure developmental diseases (including cancers) through detection, cloning, stem cell therapy, and genetic engineering
* the attempt to cure traumatic and degenerative disease through regeneration.

Developmental Biology 7th Table of contents:

Part 1. Principles of Development in Biology

1. Developmental Biology: The Anatomical Tradition

   • The Questions of Developmental Biology

   • Anatomical Approaches to Developmental Biology

   • Comparative Embryology

   • Evolutionary Embryology

   • Medical Embryology and Teratology

   • Mathematical Modeling of Development

   • Principles of Development: Developmental Anatomy

   • References

2. Life Cycles and the Evolution of Developmental Patterns

   • The Circle of Life: The Stages of Animal Development

   • The Frog Life Cycle

   • The Evolution of Developmental Patterns in Unicellular Protists

   • Multicellularity: The Evolution of Differentiation

   • Developmental Patterns among the Metazoa

   • Principles of Development: Life Cycles and Developmental Patterns

   • References

3. Principles of Experimental Embryology

   • Environmental Developmental Biology

   • The Developmental Mechanics of Cell Specification

   • Morphogenesis and Cell Adhesion

   • Principles of Development: Experimental Embryology

   • References

4. Genes and Development: Techniques and Ethical Issues

   • The Embryological Origins of the Gene Theory

   • Evidence for Genomic Equivalence

   • Differential Gene Expression

   • RNA Localization Techniques

   • Determining the Function of Genes during Development

   • Identifying the Genes for Human Developmental Anomalies

   • Principles of Development: Genes and Development

   • References

5. The Genetic Core of Development: Differential Gene Expression

   • Differential Gene Transcription

   • Methylation Pattern and the Control of Transcription

   • Transcriptional Regulation of an Entire Chromosome: Dosage Compensation

   • Differential RNA Processing

   • Control of Gene Expression at the Level of Translation

   • Epilogue: Posttranslational Gene Regulation

   • Principles of Development: Developmental Genetics

   • References

6. Cell–Cell Communication in Development

   • Induction and Competence

   • Paracrine Factors

   • Cell Surface Receptors and Signal Transduction Pathways

   • The Cell Death Pathways

   • Juxtacrine Signaling

   • Cross-Talk between Pathways

   • Coda

   • Principles of Development: Cell–Cell Communication

   • References

Part 2. Early Embryonic Development

7. Fertilization: Beginning a New Organism

   • Structure of the Gametes

   • Recognition of Egg and Sperm

   • Gamete Fusion and the Prevention of Polyspermy

   • Activation of Egg Metabolism

   • Fusion of Genetic Material

   • Rearrangement of the Egg Cytoplasm

   • Snapshot Summary: Fertilization

   • References

8. Early Development in Selected Invertebrates

   • Early Developmental Processes Overview

   • Sea Urchin Development

   • Snail Development

   • Tunicate Development

   • Nematode C. elegans Development

   • References

9. The Genetics of Axis Specification in Drosophila

   • Early Drosophila Development

   • Origins of Anterior–Posterior Polarity

   • Generation of Dorsal–Ventral Polarity

   • References

10. Early Development and Axis Formation in Amphibians

    • Early Amphibian Development

    • Axis Formation: The Organizer Phenomenon

    • References

11. The Early Development of Vertebrates: Fish, Birds, and Mammals

    • Early Fish Development

    • Early Bird Development

    • Early Mammalian Development

    • References

Part 3. Later Embryonic Development

12. The Central Nervous System and the Epidermis

    • Formation of the Neural Tube

    • Differentiation of the Neural Tube

    • Architecture of the CNS

    • Neuronal Types

    • Development of the Vertebrate Eye

    • The Epidermis and Cutaneous Structures

    • Snapshot Summary: CNS and Epidermis

    • References

13. Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity

    • The Neural Crest

    • Neuronal Specification and Axonal Specificity

    • References

14. Paraxial and Intermediate Mesoderm

    • The Somites and Their Derivatives

    • Myogenesis

    • Osteogenesis

    • Intermediate Mesoderm

    • Snapshot Summary

    • References

15. Lateral Plate Mesoderm and Endoderm

    • Lateral Plate Mesoderm

    • Endoderm

    • References

16. Development of the Tetrapod Limb

    • Formation of the Limb Bud

    • Proximal–Distal Axis

    • Anterior–Posterior Axis

    • Dorsal–Ventral Axis

    • Coordination among Axes

    • Cell Death in Digit and Joint Formation

    • Snapshot Summary: Tetrapod Limb

    • References

17. Sex Determination

    • Chromosomal Sex Determination in Mammals and Drosophila

    • Environmental Sex Determination

    • Snapshot Summary: Sex Determination

    • References

18. Metamorphosis, Regeneration, and Aging

    • Metamorphosis: Hormonal Reactivation

    • Regeneration

    • Aging: Biology of Senescence

    • References

19. The Saga of the Germ Line

    • Germ Plasm and Primordial Germ Cells

    • Germ Cell Migration

    • Meiosis

    • Spermatogenesis

    • Oogenesis

    • Snapshot Summary: The Germ Line

    • References

Part 4. Ramifications of Developmental Biology

20. An Overview of Plant Development

    • Plant Life Cycles

    • Gamete Production and Fertilization

    • Embryonic Development

    • Dormancy and Germination

    • Vegetative and Reproductive Growth

    • Senescence

    • Snapshot Summary: Plant Development

    • References

21. Environmental Regulation of Animal Development

    • Regulation of Normal Development

    • Environmental Disruption of Development

    • References

22. Developmental Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change

    • “Unity of Type” and “Conditions of Existence”

    • Hox Genes and Descent with Modification

    • Homologous Pathways of Development

    • Modularity and Evolution through Development

    • Developmental Correlation and Constraints

    • A New Evolutionary Synthesis

    • Snapshot Summary: Evolutionary Developmental Biology

    • References

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