| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 383 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 Introduction: from eye field to eyesight / Rachel O.L. Wong -- 2 Formation of the eye field / Michael E. Zuber and William A. Harris -- 3 Retinal neurogenesis / David H. Rapaport -- 4 Cell migration / Leanne Godinho and Brian Link -- 5 Cell determination / Michalis Agathocleous and William A. Harris -- 6 Neurotransmitters and neurotrophins / Rachael A. Pearson -- 7 Comparison of development of the primate fovea centralis with peripheral retina -- 8 Optic nerve formation / David W. Sretavan -- 9 Glial cells in the developing retina / Kathleen Zahs and Manuel Esguerra -- 10 Retinal mosaics / Stephen J. Eglen and Lucia Galli-Resta -- 11 Programmed cell death / Rafael Linden and Benjamin E. Reese -- 12 Dendritic growth / Jeff Mumm and Christian Lohmann -- 13 Synaptogenesis and early neural activity / Evelyne Sernagor -- 14 Emergence of light responses / Evelyne Sernagor and Leo M. Chalupa -- 15 Regeneration: transdifferentiation and stem cells -- 16 Genomics / Seth Blackshaw -- 17 Zebrafish models of retinal development and disease / James M. Fadool and John E. Dowling. |
| Summary |
Concise and up-to-date overview of vertebrate retinal development for both biologists and clinicians. Each of the seventeen chapters covers a specific step in the process, focusing on the underlying molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms, with a special section focusing on emerging technologies, including genomics, zebrafish genetics and stem cell biology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Retina -- Growth.
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Retina -- Growth. |
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Retina. |
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Eye -- Differentiation.
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Eye -- Differentiation. |
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Eye. |
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Vertebrates -- Physiology.
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Vertebrates -- Physiology. |
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Developmental biology.
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Developmental biology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sernagor, Evelyne.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Retinal development. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521837987 9780521837989 (DLC) 2007295066 (OCoLC)70671782 |
| ISBN |
9780511250309 (electronic book) |
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0511250304 (electronic book) |
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0511248717 |
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9780511248719 |
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0511249268 |
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9780511249266 |
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0511249799 (electronic book) |
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9780511249792 (electronic book) |
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1280703156 |
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9781280703157 |
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9780511541629 |
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0511541627 |
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0521837987 |
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9780521837989 |
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0521837987 (Cloth) |
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9780521837989 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9780521837989 |
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