Author: Thomas Hunt Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788177540765
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Embryology And Genetics
Author: Thomas Hunt Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788177540765
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788177540765
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Human Embryology and Developmental Biology
Author: Bruce M. Carlson, MD, PhD
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1455727946
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
Master the concepts you need to know with Human Embryology and Developmental Biology. Dr. Bruce M. Carlson's clear explanations provide an easy-to-follow "road map" through the most up-to-date scientific knowledge, giving you a deeper understanding of the key information you need to know for your courses, exams, and ultimately clinical practice. Visualize normal and abnormal development with hundreds of superb clinical photos and embryological drawings. Access the fully searchable text online, view animations, answer self-assessment questions, and much more at www.studentconsult.com. Grasp the molecular basis of embryology, including the processes of branching and folding - essential knowledge for determining the root of many abnormalities. Understand the clinical manifestations of developmental abnormalities with clinical vignettes and Clinical Correlations boxes throughout. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1455727946
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
Master the concepts you need to know with Human Embryology and Developmental Biology. Dr. Bruce M. Carlson's clear explanations provide an easy-to-follow "road map" through the most up-to-date scientific knowledge, giving you a deeper understanding of the key information you need to know for your courses, exams, and ultimately clinical practice. Visualize normal and abnormal development with hundreds of superb clinical photos and embryological drawings. Access the fully searchable text online, view animations, answer self-assessment questions, and much more at www.studentconsult.com. Grasp the molecular basis of embryology, including the processes of branching and folding - essential knowledge for determining the root of many abnormalities. Understand the clinical manifestations of developmental abnormalities with clinical vignettes and Clinical Correlations boxes throughout. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.
The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought
Author: Ron Amundson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139443425
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). This perspective challenges several popular views about the history of evolutionary thought by claiming that many earlier authors had made history come out right for the Evolutionary Synthesis. The book starts with a revised history of nineteenth-century evolutionary thought. It then investigates how development became irrelevant with the Evolutionary Synthesis. It concludes with an examination of the contrasts that persist between mainstream evolutionary theory and evo-devo. This book will appeal to students and professionals in the philosophy and history of science, and biology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139443425
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). This perspective challenges several popular views about the history of evolutionary thought by claiming that many earlier authors had made history come out right for the Evolutionary Synthesis. The book starts with a revised history of nineteenth-century evolutionary thought. It then investigates how development became irrelevant with the Evolutionary Synthesis. It concludes with an examination of the contrasts that persist between mainstream evolutionary theory and evo-devo. This book will appeal to students and professionals in the philosophy and history of science, and biology.
Developmental Biology
Author: Norman John Berrill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Principles of Developmental Genetics
Author: Sally A. Moody
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080550711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Unlike anything currently available in the market, Dr. Sally A. Moody and a team of world-renowned experts provide a groundbreaking view of developmental genetics that will influence scientific approaches in embryology, comparative biology, as well as the newly emerging fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Principles of Developmental Genetics highlights the intersection of developmental biology with new revolutionary genomic technologies, and details how these advances have accelerated our understanding of the molecular genetic processes that regulates development. This definitive resource provides researchers with the opportunity to gain important insights into the clinical applicability of emerging new technologies and animal model data. This book is a must-have for all researchers in genetics, developmental biology, regenerative medicine, and stem cell biology.• Includes new research not previously published in any other book on the molecular geneticprocesses that regulates development• Chapters present a broad understanding on the application of animal model systems, allowingresearchers to better treat clinical disorders and comprehend human development• Relates the application of new technologies to the manipulation of stem cells, causes ofhuman birth defects, and several human disease conditions• Each chapter includes a bulleted summary highlighting clinical aspects of animal models
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080550711
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Unlike anything currently available in the market, Dr. Sally A. Moody and a team of world-renowned experts provide a groundbreaking view of developmental genetics that will influence scientific approaches in embryology, comparative biology, as well as the newly emerging fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Principles of Developmental Genetics highlights the intersection of developmental biology with new revolutionary genomic technologies, and details how these advances have accelerated our understanding of the molecular genetic processes that regulates development. This definitive resource provides researchers with the opportunity to gain important insights into the clinical applicability of emerging new technologies and animal model data. This book is a must-have for all researchers in genetics, developmental biology, regenerative medicine, and stem cell biology.• Includes new research not previously published in any other book on the molecular geneticprocesses that regulates development• Chapters present a broad understanding on the application of animal model systems, allowingresearchers to better treat clinical disorders and comprehend human development• Relates the application of new technologies to the manipulation of stem cells, causes ofhuman birth defects, and several human disease conditions• Each chapter includes a bulleted summary highlighting clinical aspects of animal models
Introduction to Molecular Embryology
Author: Jean Brachet
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642828833
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Nearly 10 years have elapsed since I finished writing the first edition of Intro duction to Molecular Embryology. During this period, molecular embryology has made great strides forward, but without undergoing a major revolution; there fore, the general philosophy and outline of the book have remained almost un changed. However, all the chapters had to be almost completely rewritten in or der to introduce new facts and to eliminate findings which have lost interest or have been disproved. There was a major gap in the first edition of this book: very little was said about mammalian eggs despite their obvious interest for mankind. Research on mammalian eggs and embryos is so active today that this important topic deserves a full chapter in a book concerned with molecular embryology. Therefore, I am very thankful to my colleague Dr. Henri Alexandre, who has written a chapter on mammalian embryology (Chap. 9) and has prepared all the illustrations for this book.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642828833
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Nearly 10 years have elapsed since I finished writing the first edition of Intro duction to Molecular Embryology. During this period, molecular embryology has made great strides forward, but without undergoing a major revolution; there fore, the general philosophy and outline of the book have remained almost un changed. However, all the chapters had to be almost completely rewritten in or der to introduce new facts and to eliminate findings which have lost interest or have been disproved. There was a major gap in the first edition of this book: very little was said about mammalian eggs despite their obvious interest for mankind. Research on mammalian eggs and embryos is so active today that this important topic deserves a full chapter in a book concerned with molecular embryology. Therefore, I am very thankful to my colleague Dr. Henri Alexandre, who has written a chapter on mammalian embryology (Chap. 9) and has prepared all the illustrations for this book.
Genetics, Embryology, and Development of Auditory and Vestibular Systems
Author: Sherri M. Jones
Publisher: Plural Publishing
ISBN: 1597566276
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Publisher: Plural Publishing
ISBN: 1597566276
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
EmbryoGenetics
Author: Simón Carlos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783036511528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Dear Colleagues, The science of human genetics has advanced at an exponential pace since the double-helix structure of DNA was identified in 1953. Within only 25 years of that discovery, the first gene was sequenced. Subsequent efforts in the span of a few decades have brought advanced next-generation sequencing and new tools for genome editing, allowing scientists to write and rewrite the code of life. We are now realizing that genetics represents yet another system of information technology that follows Moore's law, stating that computer processing power roughly doubles every two years. Importantly, with such rapid and sophisticated advancements, any tools or studies applicable to adult genetics can now also be applied to embryos. Genetic disorders affect 1% of live births and are responsible for 20% of pediatric hospitalizations and 20% of infant mortality. Many disorders are caused by recessive or X-linked genetic mutations carried by 85% of humans. Because assisted reproduction has armed us with technologies like in vitro fertilization that provide access to human embryos, we began to screen some genetic diseases simply by selecting sex. The first live births following preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) to identify sex in X-linked disease were reported by Alan Handyside in 1990. This groundbreaking work used the identification of male embryos and selective transfer of unaffected normal or carrier females as proof-of-concept to avoid genetic diseases, paving the way to extend the concept to PGT for monogenic diseases (PGT-M), including Mendelian single-gene defects (autosomal dominant/recessive, X-linked dominant/recessive), severe childhood lethality or early-onset disease, cancer predisposition, and HLA typing for histocompatible cord-blood stem cells' transplantation. Later, we moved onto the identification and selection of euploid embryos by analysing all 23 pairs of chromosomes in 4-8 cells from the trophectoderm, called PGT for aneuploidy (PGT-A). PGT-A currently leverages next-generation sequencing technologies to uncover meiotic- and mitotic-origin aneuploidies affecting whole chromosomes, as well as duplications/deletions of small chromosome regions. A step forward was the use of structural chromosome rearrangements (PGT-SR) to identify Robertsonian and reciprocal translocations, inversions, and balanced vs. unbalanced rearrangements. Another advancement came with PGT for polygenic risk scoring (PGT-P). This technique takes us from learning how to read simple words to starting to understand poetry (i.e., evolving from PGT-M/A/SR to PGT-P for multifactorial, polygenic risk prediction). Common multifactorial diseases like diabetes, coronary heart disease, and cancer are caused by a combination of environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors; risk scores are now being generated to predict the likelihood of such complex, later-life diseases in embryos. Moreover, we are moving from embryo selection to intervention because the genetic code is not only readable, but also re-writeable. Indeed, gene editing is now possible using tools like CRISPR/Cas9, which are applicable to all species, including human embryos. In this Special Issue, we invite reviews, primers, and original research papers that contribute to our understanding of human embryo genetics. Specifically, we would like to compile the current knowledge in PGT for monogenic diseases (PGT-M), PGT for aneuploidy (PGT-A) including mosaicism, PGT for polygenic risk scoring (PGT-P), and gene editing in human embryos. Manuscripts can target both basic science as well as the clinical impact of embryogenetics in reproductive medicine, maternal-fetal medicine, and pediatrics. We look forward to your submissions
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783036511528
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Dear Colleagues, The science of human genetics has advanced at an exponential pace since the double-helix structure of DNA was identified in 1953. Within only 25 years of that discovery, the first gene was sequenced. Subsequent efforts in the span of a few decades have brought advanced next-generation sequencing and new tools for genome editing, allowing scientists to write and rewrite the code of life. We are now realizing that genetics represents yet another system of information technology that follows Moore's law, stating that computer processing power roughly doubles every two years. Importantly, with such rapid and sophisticated advancements, any tools or studies applicable to adult genetics can now also be applied to embryos. Genetic disorders affect 1% of live births and are responsible for 20% of pediatric hospitalizations and 20% of infant mortality. Many disorders are caused by recessive or X-linked genetic mutations carried by 85% of humans. Because assisted reproduction has armed us with technologies like in vitro fertilization that provide access to human embryos, we began to screen some genetic diseases simply by selecting sex. The first live births following preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) to identify sex in X-linked disease were reported by Alan Handyside in 1990. This groundbreaking work used the identification of male embryos and selective transfer of unaffected normal or carrier females as proof-of-concept to avoid genetic diseases, paving the way to extend the concept to PGT for monogenic diseases (PGT-M), including Mendelian single-gene defects (autosomal dominant/recessive, X-linked dominant/recessive), severe childhood lethality or early-onset disease, cancer predisposition, and HLA typing for histocompatible cord-blood stem cells' transplantation. Later, we moved onto the identification and selection of euploid embryos by analysing all 23 pairs of chromosomes in 4-8 cells from the trophectoderm, called PGT for aneuploidy (PGT-A). PGT-A currently leverages next-generation sequencing technologies to uncover meiotic- and mitotic-origin aneuploidies affecting whole chromosomes, as well as duplications/deletions of small chromosome regions. A step forward was the use of structural chromosome rearrangements (PGT-SR) to identify Robertsonian and reciprocal translocations, inversions, and balanced vs. unbalanced rearrangements. Another advancement came with PGT for polygenic risk scoring (PGT-P). This technique takes us from learning how to read simple words to starting to understand poetry (i.e., evolving from PGT-M/A/SR to PGT-P for multifactorial, polygenic risk prediction). Common multifactorial diseases like diabetes, coronary heart disease, and cancer are caused by a combination of environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors; risk scores are now being generated to predict the likelihood of such complex, later-life diseases in embryos. Moreover, we are moving from embryo selection to intervention because the genetic code is not only readable, but also re-writeable. Indeed, gene editing is now possible using tools like CRISPR/Cas9, which are applicable to all species, including human embryos. In this Special Issue, we invite reviews, primers, and original research papers that contribute to our understanding of human embryo genetics. Specifically, we would like to compile the current knowledge in PGT for monogenic diseases (PGT-M), PGT for aneuploidy (PGT-A) including mosaicism, PGT for polygenic risk scoring (PGT-P), and gene editing in human embryos. Manuscripts can target both basic science as well as the clinical impact of embryogenetics in reproductive medicine, maternal-fetal medicine, and pediatrics. We look forward to your submissions
Introduction to Synthetic Embryology
Author: Edenilson Brandl
Publisher: Edenilson Brandl
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
In the current era, in which science and technology are advancing by leaps and bounds, we are witness to discoveries and achievements that challenge us to rethink our understanding of life, health and human potential. Remarkable advances in the area of synthetic embryology and gene therapy have been the protagonists of a scientific revolution that takes us beyond the limits of what we previously imagined to be possible. In this book, we explore a vast territory of knowledge, delving into the fascinating domains of creation and modification of living beings, genetic manipulation and embryonic development. The aim is to offer the reader a panoramic and reflective view of the most recent advances in these areas, while raising crucial questions about ethical limits and the ethical and social challenges that accompany these discoveries. Throughout these pages, we delve into the development of gene therapies aimed at combating immune and muscle disorders, delving into the heart of personalized medicine and pointing to a future in which we can correct genetic defects even before birth. We also explore the frontiers between natural embryology and synthetic embryology, confronting traditional conceptions about the beginning of life and the revolutionary possibilities that arise from the manipulation of the fundamental mechanisms of embryonic development. With equal enthusiasm, we examine the applications of synthetic embryology in fields as diverse as creating transgenic foods, adapting organisms to hostile environments, understanding extraterrestrial life, and even colonizing other planets. In doing so, we are confronted with ethical and social dilemmas, the answers to which have the potential to shape not only science, but humanity itself. In each chapter, we seek to present a comprehensive and up-to-date view of scientific and technological advances, always accompanied by a critical and reflective analysis of the ethical implications and challenges we face. Our aim is to provide readers with a starting point for understanding these findings and for informed and constructive debate about the future of synthetic embryology and its implications for society. Therefore, I invite you, dear reader, to embark on this journey of discovery and reflection. As we enter this exciting, uncharted territory of synthetic embryology, we are confronted with profound and provocative questions about the nature of life, our own limits, and the responsibility we carry as custodians of science and innovation. This book is an invitation to explore the frontiers of science and ethics, to challenge our ingrained perceptions and conceptions and, above all, to ponder the future we wish to build. Embark on this journey with us and discover the intriguing and disturbing possibilities that synthetic embryology holds for us.
Publisher: Edenilson Brandl
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
In the current era, in which science and technology are advancing by leaps and bounds, we are witness to discoveries and achievements that challenge us to rethink our understanding of life, health and human potential. Remarkable advances in the area of synthetic embryology and gene therapy have been the protagonists of a scientific revolution that takes us beyond the limits of what we previously imagined to be possible. In this book, we explore a vast territory of knowledge, delving into the fascinating domains of creation and modification of living beings, genetic manipulation and embryonic development. The aim is to offer the reader a panoramic and reflective view of the most recent advances in these areas, while raising crucial questions about ethical limits and the ethical and social challenges that accompany these discoveries. Throughout these pages, we delve into the development of gene therapies aimed at combating immune and muscle disorders, delving into the heart of personalized medicine and pointing to a future in which we can correct genetic defects even before birth. We also explore the frontiers between natural embryology and synthetic embryology, confronting traditional conceptions about the beginning of life and the revolutionary possibilities that arise from the manipulation of the fundamental mechanisms of embryonic development. With equal enthusiasm, we examine the applications of synthetic embryology in fields as diverse as creating transgenic foods, adapting organisms to hostile environments, understanding extraterrestrial life, and even colonizing other planets. In doing so, we are confronted with ethical and social dilemmas, the answers to which have the potential to shape not only science, but humanity itself. In each chapter, we seek to present a comprehensive and up-to-date view of scientific and technological advances, always accompanied by a critical and reflective analysis of the ethical implications and challenges we face. Our aim is to provide readers with a starting point for understanding these findings and for informed and constructive debate about the future of synthetic embryology and its implications for society. Therefore, I invite you, dear reader, to embark on this journey of discovery and reflection. As we enter this exciting, uncharted territory of synthetic embryology, we are confronted with profound and provocative questions about the nature of life, our own limits, and the responsibility we carry as custodians of science and innovation. This book is an invitation to explore the frontiers of science and ethics, to challenge our ingrained perceptions and conceptions and, above all, to ponder the future we wish to build. Embark on this journey with us and discover the intriguing and disturbing possibilities that synthetic embryology holds for us.
A Conceptual History of Modern Embryology
Author: Scott F. Gilbert
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461568234
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
"Glory to the science of embryology!" So Johannes Holtfreter closed his letter to this editor when he granted permission to publish his article in this volume. And glory there is: glory in the phenomenon of animals developing their complex morphologies from fertilized eggs, and glory in the efforts of a relatively small group of scientists to understand these wonderful events. Embryology is unique among the biological disciplines, for it denies the hegemony of the adult and sees value (indeed, more value) in the stages that lead up to the fully developed organism. It seeks the origin, and not merely the maintenance, of the body. And if embryology is the study of the embryo as seen over time, the history of embryology is a second-order derivative, seeing how the study of embryos changes over time. As Jane Oppenheimer pointed out, "Sci ence, like life itself, indeed like history, itself, is a historical phenomenon. It can build itself only out of its past. " Thus, there are several ways in which embryology and the history of embryology are similar. Each takes a current stage of a developing entity and seeks to explain the paths that brought it to its present condition. Indeed, embryology used to be called Entwicklungsgeschichte, the developmental history of the organism. Both embryology and its history interpret the interplay between internal factors and external agents in the causation of new processes and events.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461568234
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
"Glory to the science of embryology!" So Johannes Holtfreter closed his letter to this editor when he granted permission to publish his article in this volume. And glory there is: glory in the phenomenon of animals developing their complex morphologies from fertilized eggs, and glory in the efforts of a relatively small group of scientists to understand these wonderful events. Embryology is unique among the biological disciplines, for it denies the hegemony of the adult and sees value (indeed, more value) in the stages that lead up to the fully developed organism. It seeks the origin, and not merely the maintenance, of the body. And if embryology is the study of the embryo as seen over time, the history of embryology is a second-order derivative, seeing how the study of embryos changes over time. As Jane Oppenheimer pointed out, "Sci ence, like life itself, indeed like history, itself, is a historical phenomenon. It can build itself only out of its past. " Thus, there are several ways in which embryology and the history of embryology are similar. Each takes a current stage of a developing entity and seeks to explain the paths that brought it to its present condition. Indeed, embryology used to be called Entwicklungsgeschichte, the developmental history of the organism. Both embryology and its history interpret the interplay between internal factors and external agents in the causation of new processes and events.