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Current Topics in Developmental Biology

  • 1st Edition, Volume 79 - May 30, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Gerald P. Schatten
  • Language: English

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. These volumes are valuable to researchers in ani… Read more

Description

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology. These volumes are valuable to researchers in animal and plant development, as well as to students and professionals who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development. The series has recently passed its 30-year mark, making it the longest-running forum for contemporary issues in developmental biology.

Key features

  • Includes many descriptive figures
  • Topics covered include the the development of synovial joints, sexually differentiated behavior, mapping cell fate, and more
  • Latest volume in the series that covers six reviews in more than 220 pages

Readership

Developmental biologists, cell biologists, genetics researchers, molecular biologists, and plant and animal biologists

Table of contents

Chapter 1
The Development of Synovial Joints
IM. Khan, SN. Redman, R. Williams, GP. Dowthwaite, SF. Oldfield, & CW. Archer

Chapter 2
Development of a Sexually Differentiated Behavior and its Underlying CNS Arousal Functions
Lee-Ming Kow, Cristina Florea , Marlene Schwanzel-Fukuda, Nino Devidze, Hosein Kami Kia, Anna Lee, Jin Zhou, David MacLaughlin , Patricia Donahoe, Donald Pfaff

Chapter 3
Phosphodiesterases Regulate Airway Smooth Muscle Function in Health and Disease
Vera P. Krymskaya and Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr.

Chapter 4
Role of astrocytes in matching blood flow to neuronal activity
Danica Jakovcevic, David R. Harder

Chapter 5
Elastin-elastases and inflamm’ aging
Frank Antonicelli, Georges Bellon, Laurent Debelle, William Hornebec

Chapter 6
A Phylogenetic Approach to Mapping Cell Fate
Stephen J. Salipante, Marshall S. Horwitz

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 79
  • Published: May 30, 2007
  • Language: English

About the editor

GS

Gerald P. Schatten

Affiliations and expertise
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, U.S.A.

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