Cell Cycle in Development

Jacek Z. Kubiak

ISBN 10: 3642190642 / ISBN 13: 9783642190643

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The central point of this book is the current understanding of processes accompanying embryonic transitions, in which cell cycle machinery is implicated. The authors explain numerous questions of how the basic cell cycle events are controlled at the cellular level, how the embryonic development is prepared during oogenesis and oocyte maturation, and how the interplay between cell cycle controlling machinery and the developmental program is brought to action from fertilization till aging and pathologies of the latter. The logical sequence of chapters fluently guides the reader through the world of cell cycle and embryogenesis, and is bound to stimulate a very rich discussion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cell Cycle in Development
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642190642
• ISBN 13: 9783642190643
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 37D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1062 grams

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Synopsis

This book focuses on the intersection between cell cycle regulation and embryo development. Specific modifications of the canonical cell cycle occur throughout the whole period of development and are adapted to fulfil functions coded by the developmental program. Deciphering these adaptations is essential to comprehending how living organisms develop. The aim of this book is to review the best-known modifications and adaptations of the cell cycle during development. The first chapters cover the general problems of how the cell cycle evolves, while consecutive chapters guide readers through the plethora of such phenomena. The book closes with a description of specific changes in the cell cycle of neurons in the senescent human brain. Taken together, the chapters present a panorama of species - from worms to humans - and of developmental stages - from unfertilized oocyte to aged adult.