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Essential Developmental Biology 2009

1. Preface

2. Section 1: Groundwork

3. Chapter 1The excitement of developmental biology

4. Where the subject came from

5. Central position in biology

6. Impact on society

7. Future impact

8. Chapter 2 Common features of development

9. Genomic equivalence, cloning of animals

10. Gametogenesis

11. Early development

12. Morphogenetic processes

13. Growth and death

14. Chapter 3 Developmental genetics

15. Developmental mutants

16. Screening for mutants

17. Cloning of genes

18. Transgenesis

19. Gene duplication

20. Chapter 4 Experimental embryology

21. Normal development

22. Developmental commitment

23. Acquisition of commitment

24. Homeotic genes

25. Criteria for proof

26. Chapter 5 Techniques for the study of development

27. Microscopy

28. Study of gene expression by biochemical methods

29. Study of gene expression by in situ methods

30. Reporter genes

31. Microinjection

32. Cell-labeling methods

33. Cell sorting

34. Section 2: Major model organisms

35. Chapter 6 Model organisms

36. The big six

37. A vailability and cost

38. Access and micromanipulation

39. Genetics and genome maps

40. Relevance and tempo

41. Chapter 7 Xenopus

42. Oogenesis, maturation, fertilization

43. Embryonic development

44. Experimental methods

45. Regional specification

46. Inductive interactions

47. Chapter 8 The zebrafish

48. Normal development

49. Mutagenesis

50. Regional specification

51. Chapter 9 The chick

52. Normal development

53. Regional specification of the early embryo

54. Description of organogenesis in the chick

55. Chapter 10 The mouse

56. Mammalian fertilization

57. Normal embryonic development

58. Technology of mouse development

59. Regional specification in development

60. Other topics in mouse development

61. Chapter 11 Drosophila

62. Insects

63. Normal development

64. Drosophila developmental genetics

65. Overview of the developmental program

66. The dorsoventral pattern

67. The anteroposterior system

68. Chapter 12 Caenorhabditis elegans

69. Normal development

70. Regional specification in the embryo

71. Analysis of postembryonic development

72. Programmed cell death

73. Section 3: Organogenesis

74. Chapter 13 Tissue organization and stem cells

75. Types of tissue

76. Tissue renewal

77. Skin

78. Intestine

79. Hematopoietic system

80. Chapter 14 Development of the nervous system

81. Overall structure and cell types

82. Anteroposterior patterning of the neural plate

83. Dorsoventral patterning of the neural tube

84. Neurogenesis and gliogenesis

85. The neural crest

86. Development of neuronal connectivity

87. Chapter 15 Development of mesodermal organs

88. Somitogenesis and myogenesis

89. The kidney

90. Germ cell and gonadal development

91. Limb development

92. Heart and blood vessels

93. Chapter 16 Development of endodermal organs

94. Normal development

95. Determination of the endoderm

96. The pancreas

97. Chapter 17 Drosophila imaginal discs

98. Metamorphosis

99. Genetic study of larval development

100. Mitotic recombination

101. Disc development

102. Regional patterning of the wing disc

103. Section 4: Growth, regeneration, and evolution

104. Chapter 18 Growth, aging, and cancer

105. Size and proportion

106. Growth in stature

107. Aging

108. Postnatal disorders of growth and differentiation

109. Chapter 19 Regeneration of missing parts

110. Planarian regeneration

111. Vertebrate limb regeneration

112. Chapter 20 Evolution and development

113. Macroevolution

114. The primordial animal

115. What really happened in evolution?

116. Appendix: Key molecular components

117. Genes

118. Transcription factor families

119. Signaling systems

120. Inducing factor families

121. Cytoskeleton

122. Cell adhesion molecules

123. Extracellular matrix components

124. Glossary

125. Index