Developmental biology

Communication in Development presents the proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology, held in Boulder, Colorado, on June 16-18, 1969.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

A subgroup of homeobox genes, which play an important role in the developmental processes of a variety of multicellular organisms, Hox genes have been shown to play a critical role in vertebrate pattern formation.

Echinoderms, Volume 150 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this update presenting interesting chapters on procuring animals and culturing of eggs and embryos, cryopreservation of sea urchin gametes, emerging echinoderm models, culturing of sand dollars, cidaroids and heart urchins, culturing echinoderm larvae through metamorphosis, microinjection methods, injection of exogenous messages and protein overexpression, blastomere transplantation, visualization of embryonic polarity, larval immune cell approaches, methods for analysis of sea urchin primordial germ cells, and protocols and best practices for toxicology and pH studies using echinoderms and several new chapters outlining the use of sea urchins in the classroom.

Health and welfare issues of brachycephalic (flat-faced) animals are one of the most pressing problems facing companion animals right now.

This volume explores pericytes' roles under distinct pathological conditions, ranging from tumors, ALS, Alzheimer's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, stroke, diabetes, atherosclerosis, muscular dystrophies and more.

This book is a comprehensive elucidation on aspects of reproduction and development in platyhelminthes covering from acoelids to taeniids.

This volume provides methodologies for ES and iPS cell technology on the study of cardiovascular diseases.

In the vasculature, the extracellular matrix (ECM) is involved in the regulation of angiogenesis, vascular mechanosensing, and blood vessel stability.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology provides a comprehensive survey of the major topics in the field of developmental biology.

Mitosis and Meiosis, Part A, Volume 144, a new volume in the Methods in Cell Biology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field.

Trees that are indispensably supportive to human life pose a formidable challenge to breed them to suit to human needs.

Targeting Signaling Pathways in Solid Tumors, Part A, Volume 385 in the International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Drugging the Undruggable: Advances in Targeting KRAS Signaling in Solid Tumors, Emerging Trends in Gastrointestinal Cancers: Targeting Developmental Pathways in their Carcinogenesis and Tumor Progression, Importance of targeting various cell signaling pathways in solid cancers, Targeting signaling pathways in cancer stem cells: a potential approach for developing novel anticancer therapeutics, Factors affecting heterogeneity in breast cancer microenvironment: A narrative review, and much more.

A full-color photomicrographic atlas allowing rapid and accurate identification of zebrafish anatomic structures at both the gross and microscopic level.

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.

Molecular and Cellular Changes in the Cancer Cell,the latest volume in the Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science series, includes a comprehensive summary of the evidence accumulated thus far on the molecular and cellular regulation of the various adaptations taking place in response to exercise.

This book addresses the structural and biological properties of the extracellular matrix component and glycosaminoglycan polymer hyaluronan (or hyaluronic acid, HA).

A superb compilation of reviews from leading experts in the field of Wnt signaling (signaling molecules that regulate cell-to-cell interactions during embryogenesis), volume 17 in the Advances in Developmental Biology series offers 7 chapters, each devoted to a separate area of research on Wnt signaling.

Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy V, Volume 187 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on timely topics, including Orthotopic brain tumor models derived from glioblastoma stem-like cells, RNA sequencing in hematopoietic stem cells, Generation of inducible pluripotent stem cells from human dermal fibroblasts, In vitro preparation of dental pulp stem cell grafts combined with biocompatible scaffolds for tissue engineering, Gene expression knockdown in chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells, Identification and isolation of slow-cycling GSCs, Assessment of CD133, EpCAM, and much more.

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, Volume 350, covers all aspects of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) biology.

This book provides thorough coverage of high-throughput OMICs technologies for the monitoring of stem cells and regenerative medicine.

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.

This volume brings together two areas of health that are among the foci of current development efforts, as articulated by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely sexual and reproductive health (MDG 5: improve maternal health, target 2: achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health); and Gender (MDG 3: promote gender equality and empower women).

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Studies of oogenesis occupy an important place in current in- vestigations in developmental biology.

The molecular and genomic underpinning for the echinoderm fossil record.

In the industrial era, the most important potential threat to crop production is abiotic stress, including toxic metal/metalloid stress.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

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

At its present rate of growth, atherosclerosis will be the major cause of death from disease by the year 2020.

Radiation Oncology and Radiotherapy, Part A, Volume 172 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on timely topics, including DNA damage quantification by the COMET assay, Immunofluorescence microscopy-assisted quantification of ATM and ATR activation in irradiated cells, Immunoblotting-based characterization of the DNA damage response, Assessment of lipid peroxidation in irradiated cells, A simple method to assess clonogenic survival of irradiated cancer cells, Quantification of beta-galactosidase activity as a marker of radiation-driven cellular senescence, Cytofluorometric assessment of cell cycle progression in irradiated cells, and more.

The first book on Evolutionary Developmental Biology that is for undergraduate and general readership.

Annelida is a diverse group of animals, commonly referred to as segmented worms and currently comprising around 14000 described species.

Plants have always occupied a prominent position in the life of every living being.

Biology of Fertilization, Volume 2: Biology of the Sperm is the second in a three-volume series that brings together various lines of research about reproduction in general and fertilization in particular.

This volume focuses on the ethnobiology of southern Chile's Archipelago of Chiloe.

Except for one area of gene expression control, plant research has significantly fallen behind studies in insects and vertebrates.

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

The membranous labyrinth lies enclosed in the very hard petrous part of the temporal bone and, as the name implies, its structure is extremely complex.

The Geometric Induction of Bone Formation describes new biomimetic biomaterials that offer mechanistic osteogenic surfaces for the autonomous and spontaneous induction of bone formation without the addition of osteogenic soluble molecular signals of the transforming growth factor- supergene family.

From the discovery of Pdx1, the first "e;master gene"e; of pancreatic development, to the most recent findings on the role of microRNAs in beta cell homeostasis, the last fifteen years have seen an unprecedented advance in our understanding of the precise development and organization of the many different cell types that make up the pancreas.

Expansion Microscopy for Cell Biology, Volume 161 in the Methods in Cell Biology series, compiles recent developments in expansion microscopy techniques (Pro-ExM, U-ExM, Ex-STED, X10, Ex-dSTORM, etc.

In spite of the fact that the process of meiosis is fundamental to inheritance, surprisingly little is understood about how it actually occurs.

This fourth of 15 short atlases reimagines the classic 5-volume Atlas of Human Central Nervous System Development.

This volume considers the current techniques used by experts to study and measure cerebellar function.

This book describes nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) functions in higher plants.