Title: Branching morphogenesis /
Authors: Davies, Jamie A.
Publisher: Landes Bioscience / Eurekah.com ; Springer Science+Business Media,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Morphogenesis.; Branching processes.; Morphogenesis; Developmental Biology; Physiology, Comparative; Tissue Engineering; Morphogenèse.; Processus ramifiés.; Branching processes; Morphogenesis
Abstract: Branching morphogenesis, the creation of branched structures in the body, is a key feature of animal and plant development. This book brings together expert researchers working on a variety of branching systems to present a state-of-the-art view of the mechanisms that control branching morphogenesis. Systems considered range from single cells, to blood vessel and drainage duct systems to entire body plans, and approaches range from observation through experiment to detailed biophysical modelling. The result is an integrated overview of branching.
Contents: Why a book on branching, and why now? / Jamie A. Davies -- Branching morphogenesis in vertebrate neurons / Katherine M. Kollins and Roger W. Davenport -- Branching of single cells in arabidopsis / Daniel Bouyer and Martin Hülskamp -- Branching in fungal hyphae and fungal tissues: growing mycelia in a desktop computer / David Moore, Liam J. McNulty, and Audrius Meskauskas -- Branching in colonial hydroids / Igor A. Kosevich -- How is the branching of animal blood vessels implemented? / Sybill Patan -- Extracellular matrix remodeling in mammary gland branching morphogenesis and breast cancer: the double-edged sword / Eva A. Turley and Mina J. Bissell --