Developmental Biology
Twelfth Edition
Michael J. F. Barresi / Scott F. Gilbert
© 2020
Contents
I. Patterns and Process of Becoming
1. The Making of a Body and a Field
2. Specifying Identity
3. Differential Gene Expression
4. Cell-to-Cell Communication
5. Stem Cells
II. Gametogenesis and Fertilization
6. Sex Determination and Gametogenesis
7. Fertilization
III. Early Development
8. Snails, Flowers, and Nematodes
9. The Genetics of Axis Specification in Drosophila
10. Sea Urchins and Tunicates
11. Amphibians and Fish
12. Birds and Mammals
IV. Building with Ectoderm
13. Neural Tube Formation and Patterning
14. Brain Growth
15. Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity
16. Ectodermal Placodes and the Epidermis
V. Building with Mesoderm and Endoderm
17. Paraxial Mesoderm
18. Intermediate and Lateral Plate Mesoderm
19. Development of the Tetrapod Limb
20. The Endoderm
VI. Postembryonic Development
21. Metamorphosis
22. Regeneration
23. Development in Health and Disease
VII. Development in Wider Contexts
24. Development and the Environment
25. Development and Evolution
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