This text offers treatment of the molecular, cellular, and developmental cellular biology of amphibians - a synthesis of classical embryology and modern molecular biology that moves the discipline from taxonomy to the centre stage of contemporary biological research. Here, the origin, development, and differentiation of a wide range of amphibian organ systems from the fertilized egg to the completion of metamorphosis are reviewed in depth. Clearly emerging notions about the biology of cellular differentiation - a problem at the heart of biology today - are shown not only to be fundamental to the amphibia, but also generally extendable to all vetebrate groups. Coverage and features of the book include: the origin of amphibians; endocrine mechanisms of metamorphosis, principles of amphibian staging; comprehensive tables of staged specimens; the thyroid, pituitary, and hypothalamus; skeletogeny and its hormonal control; development of the musculature; development of the CNS; developmental biology of each organ system; induction phenomena; principles of cellular diversity; differentiation from fertilization through morphogenesis; molecular biology of cellular differentiation; receptors and differentiation; hormone-target response; and electron microscopy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Humana Press Inc.
ISBN-13
9780896030435
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103335198
Product Key Features
Book Title
Amphibian Morphogenesis
Author
Harold Fox
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Medicine, Zoology
Publication Year
1984
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
316 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
636g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Harold Fox
Series Title
Bioscience
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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