Biological physics of the developing embryo
By: Gabor Forgacs and Stuart A. Newman.
Contributors: Newman, Stuart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: Embryology.; Developmental biology.; Biophysics.; Embryonic Development.; Biophysics.; Cell Physiology.; Organogenesis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The cell: fundamental unit of developmental systems; title: Cleavage and blastula formation; title: Cell states : stability, oscillation, differentiation; title: Cell adhesion, compartmentalization, and lumen formation; title: Epithelial morphogenesis : gastrulation and neurulation; title: Mesenchymal morphogenesis; title: Pattern formation : segmentation, axes, and asymmetry; title: Organogenesis; title: Fertilization : generating one living dynamical system from two; title: Evolution of developmental mechanisms.