Developmental Timing

Publisher Elsevier Science

Format

eBook

2nd Edition 1st Edition

Quantity

Add New

Publisher

Elsevier Science

Volume

Copyright

2013

ISBN13

9780123972750

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

DDC
TBD

Overview

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.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Series Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Contributors.
Preface.
1: How Clocks and Hormones Act in Concert to Control the Timing of Insect Development.
2: Nutrient Signaling and Developmental Timing of Maturation.
3: Temporal Patterning of Neural Progenitors in Drosophila.
4: MicroRNAs as Components of Systemic Signaling Pathways in Drosophila Melanogaster.
5: Vegetative Phase Change and Shoot Maturation in Plants.
6: Developmental Transitions in C. Elegans Larval Stages.
7: Steroid Regulation of C. Elegans Diapause, Developmental Timing, and Longevity.
8: Diapause: Delaying the Developmental Clock in Response to a Changing Environment.
9: Circannual Transitions in Gene Expression: Lessons from Seasonal Adaptations.
10: Unliganded Thyroid Hormone Receptor Regulates Metamorphic Timing via the Recruitment of Histone Deacetylase Complexes.
11: Keeping Puberty on Time: Novel Signals and Mechanisms Involved.
Index.
Read More Read Less

Developmental Timing

Product Details

Overview

Table of Contents