| Reviews |
| - '"...this is a book that will pleasantly complement a more traditional text in developmental biology...."..."Its molecular grounding is comprehensive and gives the reader all the tools currently available to explain pattern formation. The book will be popular with advanced undergraduates, as well as their teachers." Nature Cell Biology, November 2002.' -
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| Description | | - Takes the modern, molecular approach to developmental biology
- Full-colour design with around 350 illustrations, makes concepts and processes crystal clear
- Divides into three sections: subcellular, molecular, advanced topics - each of which could be used alone
- Emphasises explanation so that students can easily understand difficult biochemical concepts
- Further reading allows students to delve further into the subject
| An advanced undergraduate textbook focusing on the molecules and mechanisms which underlie the developmental process.
In recent years, the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying cellular behaviour have begun to be elucidated. Taking advantage of this new knowledge, Martinez Arias and Stewart here present developmental biology from a new standpoint: one in which the molecules and the
genes that encode them, rather than the organisms, take centre stage.
This is a compelling modern way of looking at developmental biology. Starting with the genetic programs that underlie development and working up allows a better understanding of the logic of development.
TEACHING AIDS
Online Resource Centre: www.oup.com/uk/best.textbooks/biochemistry/martinez/ Includes sample
chapter, and all illustrations available free to download
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Readership: Biology undergraduates doing advanced options in the genetic/cellular basis/molecular principles of development, building on earlier developmental biology courses.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction: Towards a Molecular Basis of Development
2.
Programs and Regulatory Elements in DNA and RNA
3.
Decoding the Program: Transcription
4.
Cell Surface Proteins: Receptors, Ligands, and Their Environment
5.
Intracellular Effectors of Cell Interactions: Signaling Pathways and Networks
6.
Cells and Their Interactions
7.
Basic Cellular Routines: Division, Differentiation, and Death
8.
The Generation of Lineages: A Developmental Routine
9.
Long- and Short-Range Influences in the Generation of Cell Diversity
10.
Cell Type Specification: A Developmental Operation
11.
Patterns in "One" and Two Dimensions
12.
Patterns in Three Dimensions
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Alfonso Martinez Arias, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge and
Alison Stewart
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