Developmental Biology

by Edward Bittar (Editor)

Overview

The seventh volume of a multi-volume work designed for medical students with rudimentary knowledge of cellular biology. It is the key discipline for the basic medical sciences and clinical medicine to be taught in an integrated curriculum. This text features developmental biology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559383127
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	02/01/1993
Series:	Fundamentals of Medical Cell Biology. A Multi-Volume Work , #7
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	0.69(w) x 6.14(h) x 9.21(d)

Table of Contents

Contents. List of Contributors. Preface (E.E. Bittar). To Divide or Not to Divide? That is the Question (H. MacKinnon and D.A. Gilbert). The Cellular Biology of Mammalian Fertilization (P.M. Wassarman). Cell-Type Determination During Development (P.W. sternberg and J.E. Mendel). Unstable Cytodifferentiation (D.J. Pritchard). Cell Adhesion and Recognition in Development (G.B. Grunwald). The Role of Gap Junctions During Development and Patterning (C.R. Green). Ontogeny of Hormone Receptors (G. Csaba). Cell Regeneration (M.G. Ord and L.A. Stocken). Cells and Senescence (R. Rosen). Author Index. Subject Index.