This timely account provides a comprehensive contemporary analysis of morphogenetic processes in vertebrate and invertebrate embryos. Morphogenesis, the generation of tissue organization in embryos, is an increasingly important subject. This is partly because the techniques for investigating many morphogenetic mechanisms have only recently become available and partly because studying the genomic basis of embryogenesis requires an understanding of the developmental phenotype. Following an introduction covering case studies and historical and technical approaches, the book reviews the mechanistic roles of extracellular matrices, cell membranes and the cytoskeleton in morphogenesis. A detailed discussion of how mesenchymal and epithelial cells cooperate to build a wide range of tissues is also included. The book concludes with a dynamical analysis of the subject. With its extensive literature review (more than 500 titles), this book will interest developmental biologists and will also serve as an advanced textbook for postgraduate and final year students.
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"...well written, thoughtful, and entertaining, and clearly fills a need for an up-to-date account of the subject." Cell
"...excellent critical review of our current knowledge of the physical mechanisms by which organs and tissues are constructed during embryonic development." Science
"...a splendid book. It reads like a textbook of (largely vertebrate) morphogenesis. It is comprehensive, extensively referenced and nicely illustrated. It is also up to date, as well as usefully 'historical' in several places." George M. Malacinski, Quarterly Review of Biology
"Well written, and overall one of the best books in developmental biology as a whole." L.M. Van Valen, Evolutionary Theory and Review
"Morphogenesis, the generation of tissue organization in embryos, is becoming an increasingly important subject. This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of morphogenetic processes in vertebrate and inbertebrate embryos." H.-J. Halbhuber, Cellular and Molecular Biology
"Although Bard presents a focused and technical discussion of morphogenesis, the clarity and depth of the synthesis that he provides render the book appropriate for graduate students and biological scientists specializing in organogenesis, as well as individuals more generally interested in topics in developmental biology....would be an excellent textbook for advanced courses in developmental biology." Lee Xenakis Blonder, American Journal of Human Biology
"...excellent critical review of our current knowledge of the physical mechanisms by which organs and tissues are constructed during embryonic development." Science
"...a splendid book. It reads like a textbook of (largely vertebrate) morphogenesis. It is comprehensive, extensively referenced and nicely illustrated. It is also up to date, as well as usefully 'historical' in several places." George M. Malacinski, Quarterly Review of Biology
"Well written, and overall one of the best books in developmental biology as a whole." L.M. Van Valen, Evolutionary Theory and Review
"Morphogenesis, the generation of tissue organization in embryos, is becoming an increasingly important subject. This book provides a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of morphogenetic processes in vertebrate and inbertebrate embryos." H.-J. Halbhuber, Cellular and Molecular Biology
"Although Bard presents a focused and technical discussion of morphogenesis, the clarity and depth of the synthesis that he provides render the book appropriate for graduate students and biological scientists specializing in organogenesis, as well as individuals more generally interested in topics in developmental biology....would be an excellent textbook for advanced courses in developmental biology." Lee Xenakis Blonder, American Journal of Human Biology
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This textbook provides a contemporary overview of the events and mechanisms of morphogenesis, reviewing the major molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying morphogenetic change and describing how these processes are integrated during normal development.
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Morphogenesis means the beginnings of form and, in the context of biological development, is an ambiguous word: the term may refer either to the structural changes that we observe as embryogenesis proceeds or to the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
disc evagination, microfilament contraction, pupillary ring, primary mesenchymal cells, corneal morphogenesis, epithelial movement, morphogenetic context, tissue organisation, intercellular adhesivity, dermal condensations, feather rudiments, chick cornea, adhesion gradient, ducted glands, primary stroma, lateral detachment, duct migration, cell rearrangement, tractional forces, urchin gastrulation, epithelial folding, cytoskeletal activity, overlying cells, morphogenetic phenomena, primary invagination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Morphogenesis means the beginnings of form and, in the context of biological development, is an ambiguous word: the term may refer either to the structural changes that we observe as embryogenesis proceeds or to the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
disc evagination, microfilament contraction, pupillary ring, primary mesenchymal cells, corneal morphogenesis, epithelial movement, morphogenetic context, tissue organisation, intercellular adhesivity, dermal condensations, feather rudiments, chick cornea, adhesion gradient, ducted glands, primary stroma, lateral detachment, duct migration, cell rearrangement, tractional forces, urchin gastrulation, epithelial folding, cytoskeletal activity, overlying cells, morphogenetic phenomena, primary invagination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cell Biol, New York, Rockefeller University Press, Wou Youn, Cell Sci, Courtesy of Elsdale, Plenum Press, Sue Menko New!
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- The Burgess Shale by H. B. Whittington on page 265
- Fungal Morphogenesis (Developmental and Cell Biology Series) by David Moore in Back Matter
- Digital Biology by Peter J. Bentley in Back Matter
- Biology of Fibrous Composites: Development beyond the Cell Membrane by Anthony Charles Neville in Back Matter
- The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development by Matthew H. Kaufman in Back Matter
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