Development of the Ocular Lens - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521838193 ISBN 13: 9780521838191

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This comprehensive study of the developmental biology of the ocular lens will serve as a reference for graduate students and research scientists in the visual sciences and developmental biology, as well as for ophthalmologists. Clarification of the mechanisms that govern normal lens development is fundamental to our understanding of lens disorders. The lens has also become a model for studying more complex organ systems. Leading experts in lens development and structure discuss lens induction, evolution, cell cycle regulation, morphology, fiber cell differentiation, and regeneration.

About this title

Book Description

This book provides a broad and authoritative treatment of the developmental biology of the ocular lens. It will serve as a reference for graduate students and research scientists in the visual sciences and developmental biology, as well as for ophthalmologists. Elucidation of the mechanisms that govern normal lens development is fundamental to our understanding of lens disorders. The lens has also become a model for studying more complex organ systems. Leading experts in lens development and structure discuss lens induction, evolution, cell cycle regulation, morphology, fiber cell differentiation, and regeneration.

About the Author

Michael L. Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University, USA. He also heads the Transgenic and Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility at Columbus Children's Research Institute. Dr Robinson's research is focused on the role of FGF receptor signaling during lens fiber cell differentiation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521838193
• ISBN 13: 9780521838191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 414
• Editor: Lovicu Frank J., Robinson Michael L.