Journals (see also WWW
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Overview
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Cell
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High ranking Journal many papers relate to development.
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Nature
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High ranking Journal, covers all Science displines but
most recent biological papers have related to breakthroughs
in our understanding of molecular regulation of development.
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Science
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High ranking Journal, covers all Science displines but
most recent biological papers have related to breakthroughs
in our understanding of molecular regulation of development.
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Development
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Probably best Journal relating to only issues of
development. Has very high standard of pubilcation and
always well illustrated. Has occasional Reviews covering
specific developmental issues. (24 issues/year)
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Developmental
Biology
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Similar to Development in scope and issues.
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Developmental
Dynamics
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(formerly The American Journal of Anatomy) The renaming
of this Journal has shifted its focus and probably also
raised its standards, now focussing on issues of development
mostly at the molecular level.
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Development Genes and
Evolution
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A journal which is a continuation of "Roux's Archives of
Developmental Biology" since 1890. Covers issues in
experimental embryology in invertebrates, vertebrates and
plants.
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Early Human
Development
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This Journal has a broad focus spanning research and
clinical issues related to fetal and postnaltal life. Often
contains clinically relevant papers.
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Journal of Cell
Biology
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Current Topics in
Developmental Biology
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Books
Molecular
Biology of the Cell (3rd Edition)
B. Alberts, D. Bray, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts and J. Watson,
Garland Publishing Inc., NY and London.
- This textbook of molecular and cell biology has been regularly
updated and contains many specific details related to development.
Particulary the molecular mechanisms involved in pattern
formation, cell migration and specification. In addition it has
boxed sections describing specific techniques of research. Highly
Recommended.
Specific Embryology Sections
- Chapter 9- Control of Gene Expression (p401-469)
- Chapter 18- The Cell Division Cycle (p911-943)
- Chapter 19- The Mechanics of Cell Division
(p950-1006)
- Chapter 20- Germ Cells and Fertilization (p1011-1034)
- Meiosis
- Eggs
- Sperm
- Fertilization (p1030)
- A description at the molecular level of the complex
interaction between Egg and Sperm, including the role of the
sperm centriole in the zygote.
- Chapter 21- Cellular Mechanisms of Development
(p1037-1088)
- Models of Development
- Xenopus (Frog)
- Drosophila (Fly)
- C. Elegans (Worm)
- Morphogenesis and Body Plan
- Generation of Cell Diversity
- Cell Determination
- The Drosophila as a Model of Pattern Formation
- Generating Body Plan
- Homeotic Genes
- Neural Development (p1119)
- Chapter 22- Differentiated Cells and the Maintenance of
Tissues (p1139-1190)
- Pluripotent stem cells (p1161)
- Skeletal Muscle Development (p1175)
Trophoblast
Cells
M.J. Soares, S. Handwerger, F. Talamantes,
Springer-Verlag, NY. (1993)
- Very current review from the Serono Symposia, USA with many
contributors.
- Looks at all aspects of the Feto-Maternal
Barrier/Communication
- trophoblast development and organization
- trophoblast-uterine interactions
- biology of trophoblast cell signalling systems
- regulation of trophoblast gene expression
Developmental
Biology (5th Edition)
Scott F. Gilbert, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA (1997)
ISBN 0-87893-244-5
- Very current text covering all issues of development
- An Introduction to Developmental Biology
- Patterns of Development
- Mechanisms of Cellular Differentiation
- Specification of Cell Fate and the Embryonic Axes
- Cellular Interactions During Organ Formation
Atlases
- Color Atlas of Clinical
Embryology
K.L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud and K. Shiota W.B. Saunders
Company, Sydney (1994)
- A good pictorial overview with many clinically relevant
images.
- Not sufficient text content to recommend as a sole text
should be used in conjunction with one of other texts.
- Excellent images relating to human development.
- EMBRYOS, Color Atlas of
Development
J. Bard (editor), Mosby-Year Book Limited, London
(1994)
- Many contributors with excellent illustrations.
- Species covered include
- Arabidopsis
- Dictyostelium discoideum
- The Sea Urchin
- Caenorhabditis elegans, the Nematode Worm
- Molluscs
- The Leech
- Drosophila
- The Zebrafish
- Xenopus and Other Amphibians
- The Chick
- The Mouse
- The Human
- An Atlas of Embryology (1975) W.H. Freeman and B.
Bracegirdle, Heinemann Educational Books, UK.
- This is an ATLAS (no description of development) , asically
reprinted from the original 1963 edition.
- Photos with labelled diagrams covering the following
species
- Amphioxus (worm)
- Frog
- Chicken
- An Atlas for Staging Mammalian and Chick Embryos (1987)
H. Bultler and B.H. Juurlink, CRC Press Inc., Florida
- This ATLAS is not a complete series of development but has
interesting comparisons of species.
- Mostly photos of embryos with a few drawn diagrams and a
series of staging correlation graphs.
- Covering the following Species
- Man
- Baboon
- Rhesus Monkey
- Common Marmoset
- Lesser Galago
- Mouse and Rat
- Chinese Hamster
- Guinea Pig
- Rabbit
- SDheep
- Pig
- Tree Shrew
- Chicken
- The Mouse its Reproduction and Development Rugh,
R. Oxford University Press, Oxford (1990)
- Excellent reference book for stages of embryonic
development of mouse.
- Many figures and clearly layed out sections.
Historic
Books
- A History of Embryology (1959) J. Needham, Cambridge
University press, UK.
- This book is a little historic itself. Good for early
History (Egyptian, Greek, Renaissance, 17th and 18th Century).
- Due to publication date, not much about the current history
of embryology, including the Molecular Revolution.
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