Developmental biology

In this age of population explosion and depleting natural resources, this book offers new techniques to produce more from agricultural crops at a lower cost.

This book presents and discusses recent scientific progress on Cell and Stem Cell Engineering.

This book provides case studies that can be used in Systems Biology related classes.

This book discusses why specific diseases are being targeted for cell-based retinal therapy, what evidence exists that justifies optimism for this approach, and what challenges must be managed in order to bring this technology from the laboratory into routine clinical practice.

This book presents a comprehensive discussion on the novel concepts in stem cell heterogeneity, from pluripotent stem cells to human mesenchymal stem cells, adult and cancer stem cells of the thyroid, sarcoma, and more.

This book provides detailed and comprehensive mechanistic insights of the various risk factors that lead to the ischemic stroke and the novel therapeutic interventions against it.

This richly illustrated book explores the fascinating and ubiquitous occurrence of spirals and vortices in human culture and in nature.

Plant biotechnology is a most interesting branch for academicians and researchers in recent past.

This book provides cutting-edge studies and technologies using small fishes, including zebrafish, medaka, and other fishes as new model animals for molecular biology, developmental biology, and medicine.

This book summarizes the latest findings on the functions of microRNAs in the regulation of plant development and responses to the surrounding environment.

This book presents a comprehensive discussion on the heterogeneity existing between different types of stem cells within the same tissue, for several types of cancers, e.

This thoroughly revised second edition is an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge of Notch and Notch signaling in embryology and cancer.

This book, published in two volumes, provides the most comprehensive review of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter's "e;The Biology of Lampreys"e; published more than 30 years ago.

Plants play a central role in human existence.

This book deals with the paradoxical role of autophagy in tumor suppression and tumor promotion in cancer cells.

This book deals with the fundamentals of key physiological mechanisms involved in the development and growth of fish larvae.

The present book is an attempt to describe the most recent developments in the area of pericyte biology which is one of the emergent hot topics in the field of molecular and cellular biology today.

This book reviews three-dimensional (3D) stem cell culture and proof of concept for organ regeneration.

Much research has focused on the basic cellular and molecular biological aspects of stem cells.

This book provides the concepts, techniques, and recent developments with regard to use of mulches in agriculture, utility of mulches for non-chemical pest control, and sustainability of crop production systems.

Much research has focused on the basic cellular and molecular biological aspects of stem cells.

Linum (flax) is a genus of about 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae.

Sucking pests are most notorious group of pests for agricultural crops.

This book presents a comprehensive discussion on the heterogeneity existing between different types of stem cells within the same tissue.

This book explores various nanotechnology applications and their effect on the food industry, innovation and environmental issues.

This book analyzes the right pathway to solve the controversial identifications of some Trichoderma species on the basis of sampling procedures, slide culture techniques, macroscopic and microscopic analysis, and molecular tools.

In this volume, the contributing authors from top labs involved in stem cell theranostics share the latest advances in the field of stem cell research.

This book shows the importance of rice for human consumption.

This volume summarizes recent advances in research on mesenchymal cell populations in the bone marrow.

Epigenetic modifications comprise heritable gene expression changes that occur without alteration of the DNA sequence and 'co-act' with genetic factors to shape development processes and evolutionary trajectories.

A presentation of over 700 popular orchid species in 104 genera carefully detailed with beautiful photographs and concise descriptions of plants, their distribution and habitats by a well-known author and photographer.

This book covers a wide range of topics that illustrate the various functions of autophagy in stem cells and offers insights on the mechanisms by which autophagy can regulate stem-cell self-renewal and facilitate specific differentiation programs.

This up-to-date and comprehensive textbook is essential reading material for advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a course module in genetics and developmental biology.

This book examines the technologies and processes for the development and commercial production of stem cells according to cGMP guidelines.

This book explores the potential applications of animal stem cells in veterinary medicine.

This edited book is focusing on the novel and innovative procedures in tissue culture for large scale production of plantation and horticulture crops.

This detailed book encapsulates the most up-to-date methods of the intestinal stem cell field and provides guidance on a variety of techniques for studying intestinal stem cells properties.

Human Fertility: Methods and Protocols is intended for all practitioners of reproductive medicine and ART, as well as for embryologists and reproductive, developmental, cell and molecular biologists and others in the biomedical sciences.

This book explores the vital importance of T-cell differentiation in areas as wide-ranging as pathological analysis, drug development, and cell therapy of human T-cells.

Stem cells are responsible for maintaining tissue homeostasis.

Mycology has an integral role to play in the development of the biotechnology and biomedical sectors.

Progenitor cells have become important in regenerative medicine therapies, due to their potential to differentiate into many cell types.

In recent years, there have been major advances in the concepts and methodologies used in the study of retinal development at both cellular and molecular levels.

This detailed book brings together a new set of protocols to arm cell biologists with techniques that are currently being used in a number of well-established laboratories around the world.

This volume provides readers with a historical foundation in standard techniques and a comprehensive update on the latest methods used in making gene-modified mice.

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) offer an unlimited self-renewing capacity, as opposed to the limits of adult stem cells; therefore, ESCs represent an almost bottomless resource for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering approaches.

This volume explores the diversity in progenitor cell biology methods and uniquely describes techniques for isolating, generating, and characterizing progenitor cells from either tissue or embryonic stem cells.

The volume presents a variety of protocols that will be useful to researchers working in the field of disease modeling, drug discovery, and the cell biology of various tissues.

This volume provides readers with a comprehensive collection of methods to guide them on how to generate, characterize, and use naive human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs).