Cellular Processes in Segmentation

ISBN-13: 9781032242354 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 314 str.

Ariel Chipman

Opis

The evolution of segmentation is a central question in evolutionary developmental biology. Segmented body plans evolved several times in the history of life and contributed to the evolutionary success of these taxa. The book will prove an invaluable reference for students of evolutionary developmental biology at all levels.

Spis treści

Section I: The Diversity of Segmentation. 1: Concepts of Seriality. 2: Diversity in Segmentation Mechanisms. Section II: Cellular Mechanisms of Segmentation. 3: Cellular Oscillators in Vertebrate Segmentation. 4: Cell Movement and Synchronization in Arthropod Segmentation. 5: Cellular Processes in Annelid Segmentation. 6: Scaling in Vertebrate Segmentation. 7: Stem Cells in Crustaceans. 8: Stem Cells in Leeches. Section III: Experimental approaches to segmentation. 9: Segmentation in Non-Segmented Phyla. 10: Live Imaging at the Cellular Level. 11: Regeneration as a Repeat of the Segmentation Process.

O autorze

Dr Ariel D. Chipman is Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at The Hebrew University, in Jerusalem. He is the author or co-author of dozens of peer reviewed scieitific journal articles. His research focuses upon (1)The evolution of developmental processes. Using comparative embryology as a tool for understanding evolutionary processes (2) Early stages in patterning the arthropod embryo and the evolution of the segmented body plan. (3) Evolution of the arthropod head and the processes differentiating head from trunk. (4) Genomics of novel model systems. (5) Historical biogeography of Israel, using the national invertebrate collection.