Principles of development / Lewis Wolpert [and others].
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- [2011]
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Description
Developmental biology is at the core of all biology. This text emphasises the principles and key developments in order to provide an approach and style that will appeal to students at all levels.
Publication/Creation
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
Physical description
xxv, 616 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Edition
4th ed.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
History and basic concepts -- Development of the Drosophila body plan -- Vertebrate development I: life cycles and experimental techniques -- Vertebrate development II: axes and germ layers -- Vertebrate development III: the early nervous system and the somites -- Development of nematodes, sea urchins, and ascidians -- Plant development -- Morphogenesis: change in form in the early embryo -- Germ cells, fertilization, and sex -- Cell differentiation and stem cells -- Organogenesis -- Development of the nervous system -- Growth and post-embryonic development -- Regeneration -- Evolution and development.
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Location Status Medical CollectionQH491 2011W86pOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 0199549079
- 0199554285
- 9780199549078
- 9780199554287