Key Experiments in Practical Developmental Biology

Herausgeber: Knight, Jennifer; Mari-Beffa, Manuel; Mar--Beffa, Manuel

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Produktbeschreibung

This manual presents 27 laboratory exercises for student practical classes in developmental biology.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 695g
• ISBN-13: 9780521179768
• ISBN-10: 0521179769
• Artikelnr.: 32467459

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface Manuel Marí; Introduction Jennifer Knight;
Part I. Graftings: 1. Two developmental gradients control head formation in
hydra H. R. Bode; 2. Embryonic regulation and induction in sea urchin
development C. A. Ettensohn; 3. The isthmic organizer and brain
regionalization in chick embryos D. Echevaarría and S. Martínez; Part II.
Specific Chemical Reagents: 4. Chemotaxis of aggregating Dictyostelium
cells G. Gerisch and M. Ecke; 5. Inhibition of signal transduction pathways
prevents head regeneration in hydra L. M. Salgado; 6. Retinoic acid during
limb regeneration M. Maden; Part III. Beads Implantation: 7. Experimental
techniques in avian embryos Y. Gañán, J. Rodríguez-León and D. Macías; 8.
Induction of ectopic limb outgrowth in chick with FGF-8 A. Raya, C.
Rodríguez Esteban and J. C. Izpisúa-Belmonte; Part IV. Nucleic Acid
Injections: 9. RNAi techniques applied to freshwater planarians
(Platyhelminthes) during regeneration D. Bueno, R. Romero and E. Saló; 10.
Microinjection of Xenopus embryos R. J. Garriock and P. A. Krieg; Part V.
Genetic Analysis: 11. Segmental specification in Drosophila melanogaster L.
De Navas, M. Suzanne, D. Foronda and E. Sánchez-Herrero; 12. Genetic
analysis of flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana: the ABC model of
floral organ identity determination J. L. Riechmann; 13. Genetic analysis
of vulva development in C. elegans S. Canevascini; Part VI. Clonal
Analysis: 14. The role of the gene apterous in the development of the
Drosophila wing F. J. Díaz-Benjumea; 15. Extramacrochaetae, an example of a
gene required for control of limb size and cell differentiation during wing
morphogenesis in Drosophila A. Baonza; 16. Hedgehog transduction pathway is
involved in pattern formation in Drosophila melanogaster tergites M.
Marí-Beffa; Part VII. In situ Hybridization: 17. Retinoic acid signalling
controls anteroposterior patterning of the zebrafish hindbrain G. Begemann;
18. Left-right asymmetry in the mouse M. Blum, A. Schweickert and C.
Karcher; Part VIII. Transgenic Organisms: 19. Bicoid and Dorsal: two
transcriptions factor gradients which specify cell fates in the early
Drosophila embryo S. Roth; 20. Significance of the temporal modulation of
Hox gene expression on segment morphology J. Castelli-Gair Hombría; 21. The
UAS/GAL4 system for tissue-specific analysis of EGFR gene function in
Drosophila melanogaster J. B. Duffy and N. Perrimon; 22. Neurogenesis in
Drosophila: a genetic approach C. Klämbt and H. Vaessin; 23. Role of the
achaete-scute complex genes in the development of the adult peripheral
nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster S. Sotillos and S. Campuzano;
Part IX. Vertebrate Cloning: 24. The conservation of the genome and nuclear
reprogramming in Xenopus J. B. Gurdon; Part X. Cell Culture: 25. In vitro
culture and differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells A. Rolletschek,
C. Wiese and A. M. Wobus; Part XI. Evo-Devo Studies: 26. Microevolution
between Drosophila species N. Skaer and P. Simpson; Part XII. Computational
Modelling: 27. Theories as a tool to understand the complex network of
molecular interactions M. Meinhardt; Appendices; Index.