| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 337 pages) : color illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-326). |
| Contents |
The cell : fundamental unit of developmental systems -- Cleavage and blastula formation -- Cell states : stability, oscillation, differentiation -- Cell adhesion, compartmentalization, and lumen formation -- Epithelial morphogenesis : gastrulation and neurulation -- Mesenchymal morphogenesis -- Pattern formation : segmentation, axes, and asymmetry -- Organogenesis -- Fertilization : generating one living dynamical system from two -- Evolution of developmental mechanisms. |
| Summary |
This book shows how physics can be used to analyze the changes that cells and tissues undergo during development. Major stages and components of the biological development process are introduced and analyzed. Full-color throughout, this comprehensive textbook is suitable for graduate and upper-undergraduate courses in physics and biology. |
| Access |
License restrictions may limit access. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Embryology.
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Embryology. |
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Developmental biology.
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Developmental biology. |
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Biophysics.
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Biophysics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Newman, Stuart (Stuart A.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Forgács, G. Biological physics of the developing embryo. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521783372 (DLC) 2005002861 (OCoLC)57594081 |
| ISBN |
0511136897 (electronic book) |
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9780511136894 (electronic book) |
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9780511201097 (eISBN) |
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0511201095 (eISBN) |
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0511134703 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511134708 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0521783372 |
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9780521783378 |
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0511133294 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511133299 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511755576 (ebook) |
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0511755570 (ebook) |
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