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Author(s): Lionel G. Harrison
ISBN(s): 9780521553506, 0521553504
Edition: 4
File Details: PDF, 3.62 MB
Year: 2011
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0521553504 

ISBN 13: 9780521553506

Author: Lionel G. Harrison

Biological development, how organisms acquire their form, is one of the great frontiers in science. While a vast knowledge of the molecules involved in development has been gained in recent decades, big questions remain on the molecular organization and physics that shape cells, tissues and organisms. Physical scientists and biologists traditionally have very different backgrounds and perspectives, yet some of the fundamental questions in developmental biology will only be answered by combining expertise from a range of disciplines. This book is a personal account by Professor Lionel Harrison of an interdisciplinary approach to studying biological pattern formation. It articulates the power of studying dynamics in development: that to understand how an organism is made we must not only know the structure of its molecules; we must also understand how they interact and how fast they do so.

Table of contents:

1 – Organizer, organize thyself
Part I – Watching plants grow
2 – Branching
3 – Whorled structures
4 – Dichotomous branching
5 – Micrasterias, and computing patterning along with growth
Part II – Between plants and animals
6 – The emergence of dynamic theories
7 – Classifying developmental theories as physical chemistry
Part III – But animals are different
8 – The dreaded fruit fly
9 – Various vertebrate events

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