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This text offers treatment of the molecular, cellular, and developmental cellular biology of amphibians - a synthesis of classical embryology and modern molecular biology that moves the discipline from taxonomy to the centre stage of contemporary biological research. Here, the origin, development, and differentiation of a wide range of amphibian organ systems from the fertilized egg to the completion of metamorphosis are reviewed in depth. Clearly emerging notions about the biology of cellular differentiation - a problem at the heart of biology today - are shown not only to be fundamental to the amphibia, but also generally extendable to all vetebrate groups. Coverage and features of the book include: the origin of amphibians; endocrine mechanisms of metamorphosis, principles of amphibian staging; comprehensive tables of staged specimens; the thyroid, pituitary, and hypothalamus; skeletogeny and its hormonal control; development of the musculature; development of the CNS; developmental biology of each organ system; induction phenomena; principles of cellular diversity; differentiation from fertilization through morphogenesis; molecular biology of cellular differentiation; receptors and differentiation; hormone-target response; and electron microscopy.

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Author:   Harold Fox
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   1984 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.636kg
ISBN:  

9780896030435

ISBN 10:   0896030431
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   02 May 1984
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section I. Amphibians.- 1. The Origin of the Amphibians.- 2. Living Amphibians.- 3. Metamorphosis in Urodeles.- 4. Metamorphosis in Anurans.- 5. General Consideration of the Endocrinal Mechanisms Responsible for Anuran Larval Metamorphosis 10.- Section II. Staging of Embryonic and Larval Amphibians.- 6. Anurans and Urodeles.- 7. Caecilia (Apoda or Gymnophiona).- 8. Tables of Staged Specimens.- Section III. Organic Origin, Development and Change In Anuran Larvae to the Completion of Metamorphosis.- 9. Introduction.- 10. The Thyroid Gland.- 11. The Pituitary Gland.- 12. The Hypothalamus and Median Eminence.- 13. The Ultimobranchial Body.- 14. The Parathyroid Glands.- 15. The Larval Skeleton—Specific Features During Metamorphosis.- 16. The Notochord.- 17. The Central Nervous System.- 18. Larval Musculature.- 19. The Blood.- 20. The External and Internal Gill Filaments.- 21. Balancers.- 22. Features of the Larval Respiratory System.- 23. The Alimentary Canal.- 24. The Pancreas.- 25. The Liver.- 26. The Pronephros.- 27. The Lymph Glands.- 28. The Skin of Amphibian Larvae.- Section IV. Cellular Differentiation, Ontogeny, and Molecular Biology.- 29. A Consideration of Cellular Diversity.- 30. Early Cleavage Cells and Their Nucleocytoplasmic Relationship.- 31. Cellular Differentiation During Embryogenesis to Premetamorphosis.- 32. Appraisal of Morphological and Functional Cellular Changes During Metamorphosis.- 33. Epilog.- References.- Species Index.

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