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By
Jamie Davies, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
Description
Morphogenesis is the set of processes that generate shape and form in the embryo- an important area within developmental biology. An exciting
and up to the minute account of the very latest research into the factors that create biological form, Mechanisms of Morphogenesis
is a text reference on the mechanisms of cell and tissue morphogenesis in a diverse array of organisms including prokaryotes, animals,
plants and fungi.
By combining hard data with computer modelling, this book will equip readers with a much broader understanding of
the scope of modern research than is otherwise available. The book focuses on the ways in which the genetic programme is translated to
generate cell shape, to direct cell migration, and to produce the shape, form and rates of growth of the various tissues. Each topic
is illustrated with experimental data from real systems, with particular reference to gaps in current knowledge and pointers to future
research.
Audience
Cell and developmental biologists, graduates, would attend conferences by the British Society for Developmental Biology and the American
Society for Developmental Biology, the Developmental Pathology Society etc.
Contents
1) Introductory Section
1.1 General introduction
1.2 Key principles of morphogenesis
1.3 The power and limitations of self-assembly
2) Cell shape and the cell morphogenesis
2.1 Morphogenesis by changing cell shape: a brief overview
2.2 Shape in animal cells: tensegrity
2.3 Making cellular processes
2.4 Shape in plant cells
3) Cell Migration
3.1 Cell migration in development: a brief overview
3.2 The
nanomachinery of locomotion
3.3 Guidance by chemotaxis
3.4 Guidance by galvanotaxis
3.5 Guidance by contact
3.6 Waypoint navigation in
the embryo
3.7 Condensation of cells
4) Epithelial Morphogenesis
4.1 The epithelial state – brief overview
4.2 Neighbour exchange and
convergent extension
4.3 Closure of holes
4.4 Invagination and evagination
4.5 Epithelial fusion
4.6 Epithelial Branching
5) Morphogenesis
by cell proliferation and death
5.1 Growth, proliferation and death – a brief introduction
5.2 Morphogenesis by orientated cell division
5.3 Morphogenesis by elective cell death
6) Conclusion and perspectives
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 384 pages, publication date: OCT-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-204651-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-204651-x
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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