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Dewey Decimal Number: 571.8 EAN: 9780878932580 ISBN: 0878932585 Label: Sinauer Associates Manufacturer: Sinauer Associates Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 838 Publication Date: March 04, 2003 Publisher: Sinauer Associates Studio: Sinauer Associates Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Developmental Biology, Seventh Edition captures the richness, the intellectual excitement, and the wonder of contemporary developmental biology. It is written primarily for undergraduate biology majors but will be useful for introducing graduate students and medical students to developmental biology. In addition to exploring and synthesizing the organismal, cellular, and molecular aspects of animal development, the Seventh Edition expands its coverage of the medical, environmental, and evolutionary aspects of developmental biology. FEATURES OF THE SEVENTH EDITION A completely updated text integrates classical developmental biology with contemporary techniques, including the new material on vertebrate limb cell specification, microarrays, RNA interference, microtubular motors, floxed genes, vertebra formation, neural crest differentiation, neural crest specification, heart cell specification, herbicide-induced gonadal disruptions, pancreatic development, digit determination, tadpole deiodinases, insulin-like growth factors, developmental symbioses, and the developmental origins of feathers, jaws, and teeth during evolution. A new chapter on medical implications of developmental biology The news is full of developmental biology and its medical implications. Therapeutic cloning and cancer therapies, in vitro fertilization, congenital anomalies, and teratogenesis are major concerns not only of scientists but of all citizens. Chapter 21, "Medical Implications of Human Development," brings these topics together and discusses: * the regulation of fertility * the identification of genetic defects that affect development * the identification of teratogenic compounds that affect development * the identification of factors in the maternal environment which may influence the health of the fetus or the adult * the realization that cancers can be disruptions of developmental regulation and might be cured through developmental processes * the attempts to cure developmental diseases (including cancers) through detection, cloning, stem cell therapy, and genetic engineering * the attempt to cure traumatic and degenerative disease through regeneration. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - If Knowledge is Your Idea of Fun...... you might be interested in this massive college textbook in developmental biology, chiefly addressing cell processes. It does presuppose a reasonable knowledge of general biology and chemistry, but given that starting point, it's quite lucid in its explanations, the visual aids are very clear and supportive of the text, and the whole volume progresses well from what you know toward what you need to know next. Most of the negative reviews here focus on what the book doesn't contain; I'm sure the ... Read More Rating: - Developmental BiologyGood condition and the delivery is slow, but it came in within the time frame given Rating: - Developmental BiologyThis is a great book that is very descriptive and with lots of pictures. The only problem is that it jumps around between chapeter when discussion topics. For example, in chapter 1, the basics of developmental biology are discussed and some topics are referenced as being talked about in later chapters like 5, 6, 8 and so on. These things should be defined when they are first brought up, you should not be told to look in a later chapter to find the defenition of something you are reading about. Rating:  - Too much focus on details, not enough on conceptsI used this book as a textbook for a senior-level class in Developmental Biology. Gilbert is the standard reference, and I had used his 2nd edition book years ago when I had Embryology myself. Someone else ordered the book (before I was hired) but I was relieved when I found out that it was Gilbert's text. However, much has changed since the second edition. One bewildering aspect is that, although development arguably begins at the point of gamete fusion (fertilization), this is not covered ... Read More Rating: - Excelent price and fast shippingThe book came in excellent conditions and it was in home in the date amazon specified. I saved a few dollars buying it here so next semester I will consider buying all the books here. Thanks a lot!! 
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