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Tables of Contents for Principles of Development
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
xi
Text acknowledgements
xix
xxi
History and basic concepts
1
26
The origins of developmental biology
3
6
A conceptual tool kit
9
18
Model systems
27
38
Model organisms: vertebrates
29
19
Model organisms: invertebrates
48
6
Model systems: plants
54
3
Identifying developmental genes
57
8
Patterning the vertebrate body plan I: axes and germ layers
65
44
Setting up the body axes
67
16
The origin and specification of the germ layers
83
26
Patterning the vertebrate body plan II: the mesoderm and early nervous system
109
34
Somite formation and patterning
110
15
Neural induction and the role of the organizer
125
18
Development of the Drosophila body plan
143
48
Maternal genes set up the body axes
145
9
Polarization of the body axes during oogenesis
154
3
Zygotic genes pattern the early embryo
157
9
Segmentation: activation of the pair-rule genes
166
4
Segment polarity genes and compartments
170
12
Segmentation: selector and homeotic genes
182
9
Development of nematodes, sea urchins, ascidians, and slime molds
191
30
Nematodes
192
9
Echinoderms
201
8
Ascidians
209
3
Cellular slime molds
212
9
Plant development
221
32
Embryonic development
222
10
Meristems
232
11
Flower development
243
10
Morphogenesis: change in form in the early embryo
253
40
Cell adhesion
254
4
Cleavage and formation of the blastula
258
7
Gastrulation
265
13
Neural tube formation
278
3
Cell migration
281
6
Directed dilation
287
6
Cell differentiation
293
38
The control of gene expression
295
9
Models of cell differentiation
304
19
The reversibility of patterns of gene activity
323
8
Organogenesis
331
44
The chick limb
331
19
Insect wings and legs
350
9
The nematode vulva
359
3
Internal organs: heart, blood vessels, lungs, kidneys, and teeth
362
13
Development of the nervous system
375
42
Specification of cell identity in the nervous system
376
14
The insect compound eye
390
4
Axonal guidance
394
10
Neuronal survival, synapse formation and refinement
404
13
Germ cells and sex
417
30
Determination of the sexual phenotype
418
11
The development of germ cells
429
9
Fertilization
438
9
Regeneration
447
20
Limb regeneration
448
10
Regeneration in Hydra
458
9
Growth and post-embryonic development
467
26
Growth
467
15
Molting and metamorphosis
482
5
Aging and sensescence
487
6
Evolution and development
493
28
Modification of development in evolution
495
16
Changes in the timing of developmental processes during evolution
511
5
Evolution of development
516
5
Glossary
521
10
Index
531