Developmental Biology, twelfth edition, engages students and empowers instructors to effectively teach both the stable principles and the newest front-page research of this vast, complex, and multi-disciplinary field. This much loved, well-illustrated, and remarkably well written textbook invigorates the classical insights of embryology with cutting edge material, and makes the most complex topics understandable to a new generation of students. Designed with the undergraduate student in mind, this new, streamlined edition now contains studies of plant development, expanded coverage of regeneration, over a hundred new and revised illustrations, and deeply integrated active learning resources that build on the text's enthusiasm and accuracy. This is a text designed to make students become excited about how animals and plants develop their complex bodies from simple origins.NEW TO THIS EDITIONA focused and streamlined presentation of essential content highlights the important principles of each sectionNew Further Development feature makes for easy distinction between foundational and advanced coverage in each chapter both in the text and onlineNew content on plant development is now included throughout the book to help students appreciate common developmental principles across organismsA new introductory chapter encompasses the big picture and introduces common themes that students will encounter throughout the bookAn upgraded and comprehensive chapter on regeneration reflects the excitement of new discoveries in this expanding area of developmental biologyThoroughly updated chapters include important new studies on single cell transcriptomes, stem cell niches, cell communication during morphogenesis, fertilization, CRISPR technology, and the effects of global climateAn upgraded illustration program includes more than 125 new and revised figuresThis title is available as an eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.
By:
Barresi,
Gilbert
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 12th edition
Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 221mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 2.040kg
ISBN: 9781605358222
ISBN 10: 1605358223
Series: Sinauer
Pages: 888
Publication Date: 15 July 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
PART I. PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF BECOMING: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT1. Making New Bodies: Mechanisms of Developmental Organization2. Specifying Identity: Mechanisms of Developmental Patterning3. Differential Gene Expression: Mechanisms of Cell Differentiation4. Cell-to-Cell Communication: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis5. Stem Cells: Their Potential and Their NichesPART II. GAMETOGENESIS AND FERTILIZATION: THE CIRCLE OF SEX6. Sex Determination and Gametogenesis7. Fertilization: Beginning a New OrganismPART III. EARLY DEVELOPMENT: CLEAVAGE, GASTRULATION, AND AXIS FORMATION8. Rapid Specification in Snails and Nematodes9. The Genetics of Axis Specification in Drosophila10. Sea Urchins and Tunicates: Deuterostome Invertebrates11. Amphibians and Fish12. Birds and MammalsPART IV. BUILDING WITH ECTODERM: THE VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND EPIDERMIS13. Neural Tube Formation and Patterning14.Brain Growth15. Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity16. Ectodermal Placodes and the EpidermisPART V. BUILDING WITH MESODERM AND ENDODERM: ORGANOGENESIS17. Paraxial Mesoderm: The Somites and Their Derivatives18. Intermediate and Lateral Plate Mesoderm: Heart, Blood, and Kidneys19. Development of the Tetrapod Limb20. The Endoderm: Tubes and Organs for Digestion and RespirationPART VI: POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT21. Metamorphosis: The Hormonal Reactivation of Development22. RegenerationVII: DEVELOPMENT IN WIDER CONTEXTS23. Development in Health and Disease: Birth, Defects, Endocrine Disruptors, and Cancer24. Development and the Environment: Biotic, Abiotic, and Symbiotic Regulation of Development25. Development and Evolution: Developmental Mechanisms of Evolutionary Changes GlossaryAuthor IndexSubject Index
Michael J. F. Barresi is Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College, where he has pioneered the use of a variety of technologies to engage student in novel ways with the concepts of developmental biology as well as the researchers making the discoveries of this field.Scott F. Gilbert is the Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology Emeritus at Swarthmore College and a Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki. He has received the Viktor Hamburger Prize in teaching from the Society of Developmental Biology as well as the Alexander Kowalevsky Award in Evolutionary Developmental Biology.
Reviews for Developmental Biology
Development Biology is a very readable, balanced, and thorough introduction covering all the most important aspects of this fascinating field. This is an excellent textbook for introducing beginners, advanced students, and even experts from other fields to the beauty and complexity of developmental and regenerative biology. -- Michael Levin, Tufts University This is the definitive developmental biology textbook - a real classic that has been updated to include newly-understood concepts from fast-moving fields. It is inspiring to students to see how quickly the entire field of developmental biology has been transformed into a molecular science. -- Jessica LaMae Whited, Harvard University This book is the gold standard in developmental biology. The many micrographs and its comprehensiveness make it an indispensible resource for serious students in the field. -- Jeff Hardin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
