Embryos, genes, and birth defects
By: editors, Patrizia Ferretti ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ferretti, Patrizia.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 547
ISBN-13: 9780470090107
Subjects: Abnormalities, Human.; Teratogenesis.; Embryology, Human.; Embryo -- abnormalities.; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The relationship between genotype and phenotype : some basic concepts / Philip Stanier and Gudrun Moore; title: Uses of databases in dysmorphology / Michael Baraitser; title: Human cytogenetics / J.D.A. Delhanty; title: Identification and analysis of genes involved in congenital malformation syndromes / Peter J. Scambler; title: Transgenic technology and its role in understanding normal and abnormal mammalian development / Valerie Vidal and Andreas Schedl; title: Chemical teratogens : hazards, tools, and clues / Nigel A. Brown; title: The limbs / Patrizia Ferretti and Cheryll Tickle; title: Brain and spinal cord / Andrew J. Copp; title: Birth defects affecting the eye / Jane C. Sowden; title: The ear / Sarah L. Spiden and Karen P. Steel; title: Development of the enteric nervous system in relation to Hirschsprung's Disease / Heather M. Young, Donald F. Newgreen and Alan J. Burns; title: The head / Gillian M. Morriss-Kay; title: The heart / Deborah Henderson, Mary R. Hutson and Margaret L. Kirby; title: The skin / Ahmad Waseem and Irene M. Leigh; title: The vertebral column / David Rice and Susanne Dietrich; title: The kidney / Paul J.D. Winyard; title: The teeth / Irma Thesleff.