Developmental Timing

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-12-396968-2
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers developmental timing, with contributions from an international board of authors. The chapters provide a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as the timing of developmental programs in Drosophila, temporal patterning of neural progenitors, and environmental modulation of developmental timing.

Zielgruppe

Researchers in cell, developmental, and molecular biology; genetics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rougvie, Ann E

O'Connor, Michael B.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Keeping puberty on time: Novel signals and mechanisms involved

- MicroRNAs and Drosophila developmental transitions

- The timing of developmental programs in Drosophila

- Mechanisms of developmental timing in the control of size and allometry

- Vegetative maturation in flowering plants

- Temporal patterning of neural progenitors

- Unliganded thyroid hormone receptor regulates metamorphic timing via the recruitment of histone deacetylase complexes

- Environmental modulation of developmental timing

- Developmental timekeeping in C. Elegans

- Steroidal control of developmental timing

- Circannual transitions in gene expression: lessons from a hibernating mammal