Developmental Biology

Michael J. F. Barresi is Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College, where he has pioneered the use of a variety of technologies to engage student in novel ways with the concepts of developmental biology as well as the researchers making the discoveries of this field.Scott F. Gilbert is the Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology Emeritus at Swarthmore College and a Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Helsinki. He has received the Viktor Hamburger Prize in teaching from the Society of Developmental Biology as well as the Alexander Kowalevsky Award in Evolutionary Developmental Biology.

• PART I. PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF BECOMING: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL DEVELOPMENTChapter 1. Making New Bodies: Mechanisms of Developmental OrganizationChapter 2. Specifying Identity: Mechanisms of Developmental PatterningChapter 3. Differential Gene Expression: Mechanisms of Cell DifferentiationChapter 4. Cell-to-Cell Communication: Mechanisms of MorphogenesisChapter 5. Stem Cells: Their Potential and Their NichesPART II. GAMETOGENESIS AND FERTILIZATION: THE CIRCLE OF SEXChapter 6. Sex Determination and GametogenesisChapter 7. Fertilization: Beginning a New OrganismPART III. EARLY DEVELOPMENT: CLEAVAGE, GASTRULATION, AND AXIS FORMATIONChapter 8. Rapid Specification in Snails and NematodesChapter 9. The Genetics of Axis Specification in DrosophilaChapter 10. Sea Urchins and Tunicates: Deuterostome InvertebratesChapter 11. Amphibians and FishChapter 12. Birds and MammalsPART IV. BUILDING WITH ECTODERM: THE VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND EPIDERMISChapter 13. Neural Tube Formation and PatterningChapter 14. Brain GrowthChapter 15. Neural Crest Cells and Axonal SpecificityChapter 16. Ectodermal Placodes and the EpidermisPART V. BUILDING WITH MESODERM AND ENDODERM: ORGANOGENESISChapter 17. Paraxial Mesoderm: The Somites and Their DerivativesChapter 18. Intermediate and Lateral Plate Mesoderm: Heart, Blood, and KidneysChapter 19. Development of the Tetrapod LimbChapter 20. The Endoderm: Tubes and Organs for Digestion and RespirationPART VI. POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENTChapter 21. Metamorphosis: The Hormonal Reactivation of DevelopmentChapter 22. RegenerationPART VII. DEVELOPMENT IN WIDER CONTEXTSChapter 23. Development in Health and Disease: Birth, Defects, Endocrine Disruptors, and CancerChapter 24. Development and the Environment: Biotic, Abiotic, and Symbiotic Regulation of DevelopmentChapter 25. Development and Evolution: Developmental Mechanisms of Evolutionary ChangeGlossaryAuthor IndexSubject Index

Always a firm favourite, this has since last year become my textbook of choice. I have found the digital resources associated with this book extremely helpful, and have made grateful use of the teaching ideas that the authors have shared.