Books in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series

This volume is aimed at researchers in animal and plant development who want an introduction to cellular and molecular mechanisms of development.

Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, Volume 138, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsPresents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology seriesIncludes the latest information on stem cell proliferation and differentiation

Plant Development and Evolution, the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on the Evolution of the plant body plan, Lateral root development and its role in evolutionary adaptation, the Development of the vascular system, the Development of the shoot apical meristem and phyllotaxis, the Evolution of leaf diversity, the Evolution of regulatory networks in land plants, The role of programed cell death in plant development, the Development and evolution of inflorescence architecture, the Molecular regulation of flower development, the Pre-meiotic another development, and much more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsPresents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology seriesUpdated release includes the latest information on Plant Development and Evolution

Presents articles on developmental biology and developmental medicine. This volume contains reviews useful for clinical and fundamental researchers, as well as students and other professionals. It includes a landmark review on Hedgehog genes and their gene products in invertebrate and vertebrate development.

Gene Regulatory Networks, Volume 139 in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Topics in this release include Mouse hindbrain GRN, Xenopus endoderm GRN - organogenesis, Vertebrate limb GRN, The notochord gene regulatory network in chordate evolution: conservation and divergence from Ciona to vertebrates, Ciona early embryo GRNs, Boolean logic models, Modeling GRN response to morphogen gradient, GRN architecture, Theory of GRN evolution, Evolution of fly segmentation GRNs, GRN evolution in echinoderms, Evolution of network specificity, and more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsPresents the latest release in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology seriesIncludes the latest information on gene regulatory networks