Principles of developmental genetics
By: [editor], Sally A. Moody.
Contributors: Moody, Sally A.
Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1055
ISBN-13: 9780123695482
Subjects: Developmental genetics; Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- genetics; Developmental Biology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Growth and Development -- genetics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Sally A. Moody; title: Pt. 1. The impact of genetic and genomic tools on developmental biology; title: Untangling the Gordian knot: cell signaling events that instruct development / Renée V. Hoch and Philippe Soriano; title: Finding gene expression changes using microarray technology / Tadayoshi Hayata and Ken W.Y. Cho; title: Chemical and functional genomic approaches to study stem cell biology and regeneration / Wen Xiong and Sheng Ding; title: Assessing neural stem cell properties using large-scale genomic analysis / Soojung Shin, Jonathan D. Chesnut, and Mahendra S. Rao; title: Epigenetic influences on gene expression pathways / Sundeep Kalantry and Terry Magnuson; title: New insights into vertebrate origins / Billie J. Swalla; title: Understanding human birth defects through model organism studies / Feyza Engin and Brendan Lee; title: Pt. 2. Early embryology, fate determination, and patterning; title: Germ line determinants and oogenesis / Kelly M. Haston and Renee A. Reijo Pera; title: Patterning the anterior-posterior axis during drosophila embryogenesis / Kristy L. Kenyon; title: Anterior-posterior patterning in mammals / Sigolène M. Meilhac; title: Signaling cascades, gradients, and gene networks in dorsal/ventral patterning / Girish S. Ratnaparkhi and Albert  J. Courey; title: Early development of epidermis and neural tissue / Keiji Itoh and Sergei  Y. Sokol; title: Formation of the embryonic mesoderm / Lisa L. Chang and Daniel S. Kessler; title: Endoderm / Débora Sinner, James M. Wells, and Aaron M. Zorn; title: Notch signaling: a versatile tool for the fine patterning of cell fate in development / Ajay B. Chitnis; title: Multiple roles of T-box genes / L. A. Naiche and Virginia E. Papaioannou; title: Pt. 3. Morphogenetic and cell movements; title: Gastrulation in vertebrates / Lilianna Solnica-Krezel and Diane S. Sepich; title: Regulation of tissue separation in the amphibian embryo / Herbert Steinbeisser; title: Role of the basement membrane in cell migration / Kiyoji Nishiwaki and Yukihiko Kubota; title: Epithelial Morphogenesis / Ronit Wilk and Howard D. Lipshitz; title: Branching morphogenesis of mammalian epithelia / Jamie Davies; title: The roles of ephrin-eph in morphogenesis / Ira O. Daar; title: Pt. 4. Ectodermal organs; title: Neural cell fate determination / Stephen N. Sansom and Frederick J. Livesey; title: Pathfinding and patterning of axonal connections / Stephanie A. Linn, Stephanie R. Kadison, and Catherine E. Krull; title: Retinal development / Kathryn B. Moore and Monica L. Vetter; title: Neural crest determination / Roberto Mayor; title: Determination  of preplacodal ectoderm and sensory placodes / Sally A. Moody; title: Molecular genetics of tooth development / Irma Thesleff; title: The inner ear / Donna F. Fekete and Ulrike J. Sienknecht; title: Craniofacial formation and congenital defects / S.A. Brugmann and J. A. Helms; title: Pt. 5. Mesodermal organs; title: Induction of the cardiac lineage / Andrew S. Warkman and Paul A. Krieg; title: Heart patterning and congenital defects / John W. Belmont; title: Blood vessel formation / Karina Yaniv and Brant M. Weinstein; title: Blood induction and embryonic formation / Xiaoying Bai and Leonard I. Zon; title: Topics in vertebrate kidney formation: a comparative perspective / Thomas M. Schultheiss; title: Development of the genital system / Hongling Du and Hugh S. Taylor; title: Diaphragmatic defects / Kate G. Ackerman and David R. Beier; title: Formation of vertebrate limbs / Yingzi Yang; title: Skeletal development / Peter G. Alexander, Amanda T. Boyce, and Rocky S. Tuan; title: Pt. 6. Endodermal organs; title: Patterning the embryonic endoderm into presumptive organ domains / Billie A. Moore-Scott and James M. Wells; title: Developmental genetics of the pulmonary system / Thomas J. Mariani; title: Pancreas Development and stem cells / Maureen Gannon; title: Early liver development and hepatic progenitor cells / Jay D. Kormish and Kenneth S. Zaret; title: Intestinal stem cells in physiologic regeneration and disease / David H. Scoville ... [et al.].