Developmental biology / 2nd ed.

Part 1 Principles of development in biology
Chapter 1 Developmental biology: The anatomical tradition p. 3
Chapter 2 Life cycles and the evolution of developmental patterns p. 25
Chapter 3 Principles of experimental embryology p. 49
Chapter 4 Genes and development: Techniques and ethical issues p. 79
Chapter 5 The genetic core of development: Differential gene expression p. 109
Chapter 6 Cell-cell communication in development p. 143
Part 2 Early embryonic development
Chapter 7 Fertilization: Beginning a new organism p. 185
Chapter 8 Early development in selected invertebrates p. 223
An Introduction to Early Developmental Processes p. 223
The Early Development of Sea Urchins p. 229
The Early Development of Snails p. 241
Early Development in Tunicates p. 247
Early Development of the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans p. 251
Chapter 9 The genetics of axis specification in Drosophila p. 263
Early Drosophila Development p. 263
The Origins of Anterior-Posterior Polarity p. 269
The Generation of Dorsal-Ventral Polarity p. 290
Chapter 10 Early development and axis formation in amphibians p. 303
Early Amphibian Development p. 303
Axis Formation In Amphibians: The Phenomenon of the Organizer p. 314
Chapter 11 The early development of vertebrates: Fish, birds, and mammals p. 339
Early Development in Fish p. 339
Early Development In Birds p. 345
Early Mammalian Development p. 354
Part 3 Later embryonic development
Chapter 12 The central nervous system and the epidermis p. 379
Chapter 13 Neural crest cells and axonal specificity p. 411
The Neural Crest p. 411
Neuronal Specification and Axonal Specificity p. 422
Chapter 14 Paraxial and intermediate mesoderm p. 447
Chapter 15 Lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm p. 471
Lateral Plate Mesoderm p. 471
Endoderm p. 490
Chapter 16 Development of the tetrapod limb p. 503
Chapter 17 Sex determination p. 523
Chapter 18 Metamorphosis, regeneration, and aging p. 547
Metamorphosis: The Hormonal Reactivation of Development p. 547
Regeneration p. 565
Aging: The Biology of Senescence p. 574
Chapter 19 The saga of the germ line p. 585
Part 4 Ramifications of developmental biology
Chapter 20 An overview of plant development p. 621
Chapter 21 Environmental regulation of animal development p. 649
Environmental Regulation of Normal Development p. 649
Environmental Disruption of Normal Development p. 664
Chapter 22 Developmental mechanisms of evolutionary change p. 679
Appendix I A Partial List of Genes Active in Human Development p. 710
Sources for Chapter-Opening Quotations p. 712
Author Index p. 713
Subject Index p. 725