Incluye material acompañante para consulta en línea en la Sección de Referencia de la Biblioteca. Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice CONTENIDO: Questions introducing developmental biology. Developmental anatomy -- Developmental genetics -- Cell-cell communication in development -- Specification introducing cell commitment and early embryonic development. Fertilization -- Early development in selected invertebrates -- The genetics of axis specification in Drosophila -- Amphibians and fish -- Birds and mammals -- The stem cell concept. Introducing organogenesis- The emergence of the ectoderm -- Neural crest cells and axonal specificity -- Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm -- Lateral plate mesoderm and the endoderm -- Development of the tetrapod limb -- Sex determination -- Postembryonic development -- The saga of the germ line -- Systems biology. Expanding developmental biology to medicine, ecology, and evolution -- Medical aspects of developmental biology -- Developmental plasticity and symbiosis -- Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change.
