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Mechanics in Development and Disease

  • 1st Edition, Volume 160 - June 27, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Celeste M. Nelson, Lance Davidson
  • Language: English

Mechanics in Development and Disease, Volume 160 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting in… Read more

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Mechanics in Development and Disease, Volume 160 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Gut developmental mechanics, Long bone developmental mechanics, Cranial plate fusion developmental mechanics, Mechanobiology and vasculogenesis, Morphogenesis and mechanics of the developing inner ear, Morphogenesis and mechanics of body wall closure in mammals, Salivary bud developmental mechanics, Lateral plate mesoderm developmental mechanics, Biomechanics of human embryo implantation, gastrulation, and organ formation, Mechanics of lung development across species, Mechanics early development in vertebrates.

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Readership

International Research Community, Industry Professionals, Academic Institutions

Table of contents

Preface
Celeste M. Nelson and Lance Davidson

1. Gut developmental mechanics
Amy Shyer

2. Long bone developmental mechanics
Andrew Dudley

3. Cranial plate fusion developmental mechanics
Jacqueline Tabler

4. Mechanobiology and vasculogenesis
Joel Boerckel

5. Morphogenesis and mechanics of the developing inner ear
Alejandro F. Frangi

6. Morphogenesis and mechanics of body wall closure in mammals
Jeremy Green

7. Salivary bud developmental mechanics
Shaohe Wang

8. Lateral plate mesoderm developmental mechanics
Thomas Schultheiss

9. Biomechanics of human embryo implantation, gastrulation, and organ formation.
Mijo Simunovic

10. Mechanics of lung development across species
Celeste M. Nelson

11. Mechanics early development in vertebrates.
Lance Davidson

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 160
  • Published: July 2, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

CN

Celeste M. Nelson

Celeste M. Nelson is at Princeton University, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton, NJ, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

LD

Lance Davidson

Lance Davidson, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, BioEngineering, Dev Biology, Comp. and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Affiliations and expertise
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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