Vertebrate Embryogenesis: Embryological, Cellular, and Genetic Methods

Book Overview

One of the striking findings of modern developmental biology has been the high degree of conservation of signaling and developmental mechanisms amongst different animal species. Such conservation allows information learned from a given organism to be applicable to other species, including humans, and has validated the use of a few model systems to deduce general biological principles. In spite of this underlying conservation, however, each species...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617792098
• ISBN13: 9781617792090
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 605 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 10.1"