From Egg to Embryo: Regional Specification in Early Development

by J.M.W. Slack

Book Overview

The last ten years have shown a dramatic revolution in our understanding of early animal development. This new edition of the successful first edition describes the result of this revolution and explains how the body plan of an embryo emerges from the newly fertilised egg. The book starts with a critical discussion of embryological concepts and explains in simple terms the mathematics of cell states, morphogen gradients and threshold responses. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521409438
• ISBN13: 9780521409438
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"