Key Experiments In Practical Developmental Biology

Author : Manuel Marí-Beffa,Jennifer Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521833159

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Key Experiments in Practical Developmental Biology by Manuel Marí-Beffa,Jennifer Knight Pdf

Originally published in 2005, this unique resource presents 27 easy-to-follow laboratory exercises for use in student practical classes in developmental biology. These experiments provide key insights into developmental questions, and many of them are described by the leaders in the field who carried out the original research. This book intends to bridge the gap between experimental work and the laboratory classes taken at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. All chapters follow the same format, taking the students from materials and methods, through results and discussion, so that they learn the underlying rationale and analysis employed in the research. The book will be an invaluable resource for graduate students and instructors teaching practical developmental biology courses. Chapters include teaching concepts, discussion of the degree of difficulty of each experiment, potential sources of failure, as well as the time required for each experiment to be carried out in a class with students.

Author : Melissa Ann Gibbs
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 141763331X

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Practical Guide to Developmental Biology by Melissa Ann Gibbs Pdf

This book presents a wide variety of model systems currently used by developmental biologists. Experiments range from classic slide or whole animal observations to more modern techniques in immunohistochemistry and manipulation of gene expression. All of these experiments can be completed on a relatively small budget.

Author : Yolanda P. Cruz
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323137775

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Laboratory Exercises in Developmental Biology by Yolanda P. Cruz Pdf

This intensive manual provides students with valuable information and insights into animal development at the organismal, cellular, and subcellular levels. The book uses both descriptive and investigative approaches that emphasize techniques, key experiments, and data analysis. Provides a broad introductory view of developmental systems Teaches both classical embryology and modern experimental approaches Contains seventeen laboratory exercises, written in step-by-step style Organized with additional notes to students and preparators Lists questions and references for each exercise Special chapters give introductions to the scientific process, use of the microscope, and the writing of scientific papers Illustrated with detailed line drawings

Author : Melissa Ann Gibbs
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 0199249717

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A Practical Guide to Developmental Biology by Melissa Ann Gibbs Pdf

This lab manual is designed for upper level undergraduates or graduate students, to introduce them to the field of developmental biology. After spending two weeks learning how to handle and manipulate a variety of embryonic organisms, students will begin a series of experiments that more or less keep pace with the sequence of most developmental biology textbooks (axial patterning, plant cell totipotency, fertilization, early plant development, morphogenesis, cell adhesion, embryogenesis,gametogenesis, regeneration and metamorphosis. The manual is heavily illustrated and gives students a solid grounding in classic developmental biology as well as modern techniques in immunohistochemistry and homeobox gene expression. Appendices of recipes, needed chemicals, and sources for animals are included.

Author : Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781592590650

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Developmental Biology Protocols by Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo Pdf

Developmental biology is one of the most exciting and fast-growing fields today. In part, this is so because the subject matter deals with the innately fascinating biological events—changes in form, structure, and function of the org- ism. The other reason for much of the excitement in developmental biology is that the field has truly become the unifying melting pot of biology, and provides a framework that integrates anatomy, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, and cellular and mole- lar biology, as well as evolutionary biology. No longer is the study of embryonic development merely “embryology.” In fact, development biology has produced - portant paradigms for both basic and clinical biomedical sciences alike. Although modern developmental biology has its roots in “experimental emb- ology” and the even more classical “chemical embryology,” the recent explosive and remarkable advances in developmental biology are critically linked to the advent of the “cellular and molecular biology revolution.” The impressive arsenal of expe- mental and analytical tools derived from cell and molecular biology, which promise to continue to expand, together with the exponentially developing sophistication in fu- tional imaging and information technologies, guarantee that the study of the devel- ing embryo will contribute one of the most captivating areas of biological research in the next millennium.

Author : Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781592590667

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Developmental Biology Protocols by Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo Pdf

Developmental biology is one of the most exciting and fast-growing fields today. In part, this is so because the subject matter deals with the innately fascinating biological events—changes in form, structure, and function of the organism. The other reason for much of the excitement in developmental biology is that the field has truly become the unifying melting pot of biology, and provides a framework that integrates anatomy, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, and cellular and molecular biology, as well as evolutionary biology. No longer is the study of embryonic development merely “embryology.” In fact, development biology has produced important paradigms for both basic and clinical biomedical sciences. Though modern developmental biology has its roots in “experimental embry- ogy” and the even more classical “chemical embryology,” the recent explosive and remarkable advances in developmental biology are critically linked to the advent of the “cellular and molecular biology revolution.” The impressive arsenal of expe- mental and analytical tools derived from cell and molecular biology, which promise to continue to expand, together with the exponentially developing sophistication in fu- tional imaging and information technologies, guarantee that the study of the devel- ing embryo will contribute one of the most captivating areas of biological research in the next millennium.

Author : Paul A. Weiss
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483270609

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Dynamics of Development: Experiments and Inferences by Paul A. Weiss Pdf

Dynamics of Development: Experiments and Inferences provides an understanding of the dynamic order of living systems. This book presents a methodical approach to the unrestricted exploration of all the aspects that a living system offers, which is evaluated logically through experiment and inference. Organized into five parts encompassing 24 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the adaptive features of the nervous system. This text then examines the molecular control of cellular activity. Other chapters focus on resolving the fragments of the chemical endowment of the cell. This book discusses as well the mechanisms of respiration and photosynthesis, which have been connected with arrays of macromolecular complexes in definite sequential order. The final chapter deals with the fundamental principle of neural intercommunication. This book is a valuable resource for biochemists, biologists, zoologists, neurophysiologists, and scientists. Students and research workers interested in the dynamic order of living systems will also find this book useful.

Author : Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0896035751

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Developmental Biology Protocols by Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo Pdf

Developmental biology is one of the most exciting and fast-growing fields today. In part, this is so because the subject matter deals with the innately fascinating biological events—changes in form, structure, and function of the org- ism. The other reason for much of the excitement in developmental biology is that the field has truly become the unifying melting pot of biology, and provides a framework that integrates anatomy, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, and cellular and mole- lar biology, as well as evolutionary biology. No longer is the study of embryonic development merely “embryology.” In fact, development biology has produced - portant paradigms for both basic and clinical biomedical sciences alike. Although modern developmental biology has its roots in “experimental emb- ology” and the even more classical “chemical embryology,” the recent explosive and remarkable advances in developmental biology are critically linked to the advent of the “cellular and molecular biology revolution.” The impressive arsenal of expe- mental and analytical tools derived from cell and molecular biology, which promise to continue to expand, together with the exponentially developing sophistication in fu- tional imaging and information technologies, guarantee that the study of the devel- ing embryo will contribute one of the most captivating areas of biological research in the next millennium.

Author : Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0896038556

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Developmental Biology Protocols, Volumes I, II, and III by Rocky S. Tuan,Cecilia W. Lo Pdf

The fast-growing field of developmental biology provides a unifying framework that integrates anatomy, physiology, genetics, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, as well as evolutionary biology. The number of "reference" publications that deal specifically with the practical aspects of experimental developmental biology are relatively scarce. Developmental Biology Protocols grows out of this need for a comprehensive laboratory manual that provides the readers with the principles, background, rationale, as well as practical protocols, for studying and analyzing the events of embryonic development. Its highly practical format and wide range of model systems and multidisciplinary experimental techniques attest to the authors' determination to provide a balanced presentation of both background information and actual laboratory details. This three-volume compilation of relevant and useful information will be a well-utilized resource for both the students and teachers of developmental biology at all levels. Developmental Biology Protocols offers the most comprehensive, cutting-edge collection of contemporary experimental methods available for the study of embryogenesis and development. Written by an interdisciplinary team of leading scientific investigators, this authoritative collection provides step-by-step instructions for successful laboratory execution. Topics range from animal model system acquisition to molecular genetics, and include high resolution imaging, transgenesis, teratology, comparative anatomy and embryology, the characterization of embryonic structure and function, the analysis of cell function, and the regulation of gene activity. In addition to many unique, new experimental protocols, the authors have also utilized a host of experimental approaches used in other disciplines applicable to the study of development. Comprehensive and richly annotated, Developmental Biology Protocols constitutes the gold-standard reference for today's developmental biologists.

Author : Werner A. Müller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461222484

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Developmental Biology by Werner A. Müller Pdf

No field of contemporary biomedical science has been more revolutionized by the techniques of molecular biology than developmental biology. This is an outstanding concise introduction to developmental biology that takes a contemporary approach to describing the complex process that transforms an egg into an adult organism. The book features exceptionally clear two-color illustrations, and is designed for use in both undergraduate and graduate level courses. The book is especially noteworthy for its treatment of development in model organisms, whose contributions to developmental biology were recognized in the 1995 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine.

Author : Mary S. Tyler
Publisher : Sinauer Associates, Incorporated
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : UVA:X004672460

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Developmental Biology by Mary S. Tyler Pdf

Author : Klaus Kalthoff
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025328811

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Analysis of Biological Development by Klaus Kalthoff Pdf

This text presents developmental biology as an ongoing process of enquiry, giving students a sense of the ways developmental biologists gain knowledge and a taste of the challenges ahead. The first part of the text focuses on the classical methods of analysis and the stages of embryonic development from gametogenesis to histogenesis. Part two introduces the genetic and molecular analysis of development. The final part combines classical and modern types of analysis towards the investigation of long standing problems in development. Key experiments are described throughout to reinforce the relationship between scientific models and experimental data.

Author : Leon W. Browder,Carol A. Erickson,William R. Jeffery
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004441734

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Developmental Biology by Leon W. Browder,Carol A. Erickson,William R. Jeffery Pdf

This comprehensive introduction for majors course in developmental biology or embryology emphasizes determinative events essential for subsequent processes of differentiation and mechanisms of differentiation. This text discusses key experiments from primary literature. Its coverage is best suited to second and third-year students taking developmental biology; however, it maintains the rigor required for fourth-year students.

Author : Matt Guille
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781592596782

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Molecular Methods in Developmental Biology by Matt Guille Pdf

The process whereby a single cell, the fertilized egg, develops into an adult has fascinated for centuries. Great progress in understanding that process, h- ever, has been made in the last two decades, when the techniques of molecular biology have become available to developmental biologists. By applying these techniques, the exact nature of many of the interactions responsible for forming the body pattern are now being revealed in detail. Such studies are a large, and it seems ever-expanding, part of most life-science groups. It is at newcomers to this field that this book is primarily aimed. A number of different plants and animals serve as common model org- isms for developmental studies. In Molecular Methods in Developmental Bi- ogy: Xenopus and Zebrafish, a range of the molecular methods applicable to two of these organisms are described, these are the South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, and the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. The embryos of both of these species develop rapidly and externally, making them particularly suited to investigations of early vertebrate development. However, both Xenopus and zebrafish have their own advantages and disadvantages. Xenopus have large, robust embryos that can be manipulated surgically with ease, but their pseudotetraploidy and long generation time make them unsuitable candidates for genetics. This disadvantage may soon be overcome by using the diploid Xenopus tropicalis, and early experiments are already underway. The transp- ent embryos of zebrafish render them well-suited for in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, and good for observing mutations in genetic screens.

Author : Leland G. Johnson,Erminio Peter Volpe
Publisher : W C B/McGraw-Hill
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015002513607

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Patterns and Experiments in Developmental Biology by Leland G. Johnson,Erminio Peter Volpe Pdf

A laboratory manual for developmental biology offering basic, easy to use, laboratory investigations (18 experiments) spanning various models including echinoderm (Sea Urchin), amphibian (Frog), chick embryo, and fern gametophyte.