Essential developmental biology / J.M.W. Slack, Leslie Dale. -- Fourth edition. -- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2022. – (58.13/S631/4th ed.)

Contents

Preface, ix
About the companion website, xi
Section 1: Groundwork, i
1 The excitement of developmental biology, 3
2 How development works, 7
3 Approaches to development: developmental genetics, 25
4 Approaches to development: experimental embryology and its molecular basis, 39
5 Approaches to development: cell and molecular biology techniques, 61
6 Cells into tissues, 81
Section 2: Major model organisms, 97
7 Major model organisms, 99
8 Xenopus, 107
9 The zebrafish, 135
10 The chick, 153
11 The mouse, 13
12 Human early development, 203
13 Drosophila, 217
14 Caenorhabditis elegans, 247
Section 3: Organogenesis, 269
15 Techniques for studying organogenesis and postnatal development, 271
16 Development of the nervous system, 283
17 Development of mesodermal organs, 315
18 Development of endodermal organs, 355
19 Drosophila imaginal discs, 373
Section 4: Growth, evolution, regeneration, 391
20 Tissue organization and stem cells, 393
21 Growth, aging, and cancer, 425
22 Pluripotent stem cells and their applications, 449
23 Evolution and development, 469
24 Regeneration of missing parts, 491
Glossary, 513
Index, 527