Essential developmental biology
Record details
- ISBN: 9781119512851 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
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xi, 532 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm - Edition: Fourth edition.
- Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Revised edition of: Essential developmental biology / Jonathan M.W. Slack. 3rd ed. 2013. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- About the companion website -- Section 1: groundwork -- The excitement of developmental biology -- How development works -- Approaches to development: developmental genetics -- Approaches to developmental experimental embryology and its molecular basis -- Approaches to development: cell and molecular biology techniques -- Cells into tissues -- Section 2: major model organisms -- Major model organisms -- Xenopus -- The zebrafish -- The chick --The mouse -- Human early development -- Drosophila -- Caenorhabditis elegans -- Section 3: Organogenesis -- Techniques for studying organogenesis and postnatal development -- Development of the nervous system -- Development of mesodermal organs -- Development of endodermal organs -- Drosphilia imaginal discs -- Section 4: growth, evolution, regeneration -- Tissue organization and stem cells -- Growth, aging, and cancer -- Pluripotent stem cells and their applications -- Evolution and development -- Regeneration of missing parts -- Glossary -- Index. |
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Subject: | Developmental biology -- Laboratory manuals |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at University College of the North Libraries.
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The Pas Campus Library | QH 491 .S6 2022 (Text) | 58500001112978 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Professor Jonathan M.W. Slack is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Bath, UK, where he was Head of the Department of Biology and Biochemistry; and the University of Minnesota, USA, where he was Director of the Stem Cell Institute. He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He has published numerous research papers on developmental biology as well as five other books.
Professor Leslie Dale is Professor of Developmental Biology at University College London, UK, where he was Head of Teaching for the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. He teaches developmental biology to both undergraduate and medical students. For his PhD, he studied regeneration in Drosophila imaginal discs and subsequently the development of Xenopus embryos.
Professor Jonathan M.W. Slack is an emeritus professor of the University of Bath, UK, where he was Head of the Department of Biology and Biochemistry; and the University of Minnesota, USA, where he was director of the Stem Cell Institute. He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and a ??Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He has published numerous research papers on developmental biology as well as five other books, including The Science of Stem Cells (Wiley-Blackwell 2018).
Professor Leslie Dale is Professor of Developmental Biology at University College London, UK, where he was Head of Teaching for the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. He teaches developmental biology to both undergarduate and medical students. For his PhD he studied regeneration in Drosophila imaginal discs and subsequently the development of Xenopus embryos.