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Developmental Genomics of Ascidians
Noriyuki Satoh (Author)
9781118656181, Wiley
Hardback, published 24 January 2014
216 pages
26.2 x 18.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.685 kg
"In his preface, the author describes Developmental Genomics of Ascidians as his “last and largest contribution to ascidian developmental biology” (p. xi). This book is indeed a major accomplishment and a great resource for the community" (The Quarterly Review of Biology 2016)
The simplicity and lack of redundancy in their regulatory genes have made ascidians one of the most useful species in studying developmental genomics. In Developmental Genomics of Ascidians, Dr. Noriyuki Satoh explains the developmental genomics of ascidians, stresses the simplicity of Ciona developmental system, and emphasizes single-cell level analyses. This book actively accentuates the advantages of using ascidians as model organisms in an up-and-coming field of developmental genomics.
PREFACE ix CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO ASCIDIANS 1 CHAPTER 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF TADPOLE LARVAE AND SESSILE JUVENILES 9 CHAPTER 3 GENOMICS, TRANSCRIPTOMICS, AND PROTEOMICS 19 CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH TOOLS 31 CHAPTER 5 THE FUNCTION AND REGULATION OF MATERNAL TRANSCRIPTS 41 CHAPTER 6 LARVAL TAIL MUSCLE 53 CHAPTER 7 ENDODERM 63 CHAPTER 8 EPIDERMIS 69 CHAPTER 9 NOTOCHORD 77 CHAPTER 10 THE LARVAL AND ADULT NERVOUS SYSTEMS 89 CHAPTER 11 MESENCHYME 107 CHAPTER 12 MAKING BLUEPRINT OF CHORDATE BODY: DYNAMIC ACTIVITIES OF REGULATORY GENES 113 CHAPTER 13 DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUVENILE HEART 137 CHAPTER 14 GERM-CELL LINE, GAMETES, FERTILIZATION, AND METAMORPHOSIS 145 CHAPTER 15 INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND BLOOD CELLS 159 CHAPTER 16 COLONIAL ASCIDIANS: ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND COLONY SPECIFICITY 167 CHAPTER 17 EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL GENOMICS 175 INDEX 193
Subject Areas: Biology, life sciences [PS]
