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Main description:
Authored by leading experts in the field, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of the mechanisms of early patterning and morphogenesis in zebrafish. It summarizes the current knowledge and the key questions for the next decade of research.
Contents:
Germ Layer Formation and Early Patterning.- Formation and Patterning Roles of the Yolk Syncytial Layer.- Mesoderm Induction and Patterning.- The Guts of Endoderm Formation.- Organizer Formation and Function.- Dorsoventral Patterning in the Zebrafish: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and Beyond.- Specification of Left-Right Asymmetry.- Gastrulation Movements.- Life at the Edge: Epiboly and Involution in the Zebrafish.- Cellular and Genetic Mechanisms of Convergence and Extension.- Primordial Germ Cell Development in Zebrafish.- Neural Development.- Patterning the Zebrafish Central Nervous System.- Specification of the Zebrafish Neural Crest.- Neurogenesis and Specification of Neuronal Identity.- Cellular, Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms of Axon Guidance in the Zebrafish.- Aspects of Organogenesis.- Somitogenesis.- Cardiovascular System.- The Pronephros.- The Zebrafish Eye: Developmental and Genetic Analysis.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: April, 2011
Pages: 438
Weight: 700g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Biochemistry
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