Life Unfolding: How the human body creates itself
Author:   Jamie A. Davies (Professor of Experimental Anatomy, Professor of Experimental Anatomy, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   320
Publication Date:   22 October 2015
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Author:   Jamie A. Davies (Professor of Experimental Anatomy, Professor of Experimental Anatomy, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9780199673544


ISBN 10:   0199673543
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   22 October 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Ethical Statement Introduction 1: Confronting an alien technology 2: From one cell to many 3: Making a difference 4: Laying down a body plan 5: Beginning a brain 6: Long division 7: Fateful conversations 8: Great migrations 9: Plumbing 10: Organizing organs 11: Taking up arms 12: The Y and how 13: Wired 14: Dying to be human 15: Making your mind up 16: A sense of proportion 17: Making friends and facing enemies 18: Maintenance mode 19: Perspectives Glossary Further reading References

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Review from previous edition A demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures New Scientist


`Review from previous edition A demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures ' New Scientist


`Review from previous edition A demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures ' New Scientist


`Review from previous edition A demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures ' New Scientist


Review from previous edition A demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures * New Scientist *


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Since 1995, Jamie A. Davies has run his own laboratory at the University of Edinburgh, with a multi-disciplinary focus on discovering how mammalian organs construct themselves and how we can use this knowledge to build new tissues and organs for those in need. He has published around 90 research papers in the field of mammalian development, published a major specialist monograph (Mechanisms of Morphogenesis, Associated Press, 2005), and edited three multi-author books in the fields of development, stem cells, and tissue engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Biologists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a Fellow of the HIgher Education Academy. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Organogenesis.

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