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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jamie A. Davies (Professor of Experimental Anatomy, Professor of Experimental Anatomy, University of Edinburgh)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.634kg ISBN: 9780199673537ISBN 10: 0199673535 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 27 February 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Ethical Statement Introduction 1: Confronting an alien technology 2: From one cell to many 3: Making a difference 4: Laying down a body plan 5: Beginning a brain 6: Long division 7: Fateful conversations 8: Great migrations 9: Plumbing 10: Organizing organs 11: Taking up arms 12: The Y and how 13: Wired 14: Dying to be human 15: Making your mind up 16: A sense of proportion 17: Making friends and facing enemies 18: Maintenance mode 19: Perspectives Glossary Further reading ReferencesReviewsFrom egg to adult body, Life Unfolding by Jamie Davies is a demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures. -- Claire Ainsworth, --New Scientest From egg to adult body, Life Unfolding by Jamie Davies is a demanding but wonder-filled account of the simple interactions that create complex structures. -- Claire Ainsworth, New Scientest Davies offers a detailed ride through the mind-boggling number of simultaneous self-organizing activities of growth. - Publishers Weekly Author InformationSince 1995, Jamie A. Davies has run his own laboratory at the University of Edinburgh, with a multi-disciplinary focus on discovering how mammalian organs construct themselves and how we can use this knowledge to build new tissues and organs for those in need. He has published over 100 research papers in the field of mammalian development, published a major specialist monograph (Mechanisms of Morphogenesis, Academic Press, 2005,2013), and edited three multi-author books in the fields of development, stem cells, and tissue engineering. He is a Fellow of the Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Organogenesis, from the foundation of the journal in 2004 until 2012. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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