Epigenetics and Development

This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers epigenetics and development, with contributions from an international board of authors.

Edith Heard (Volume editor)

9780124160279, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 31 May 2013

352 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.81 kg

"...the choice to limit the scope of the volume to the epigenetics of development leads to an excellent work that is characterized by both focus and quality." --The Quarterly Review of Biology

This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers epigenetics and development, with contributions from an international board of authors. The chapters provide a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as epigenetic marking of the zebrafish developmental program, functions of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in mammalian development, and reprogramming and the pluripotent stem cell cycle.

1. X inactivation dynamics during development in different mammals
2. Epigenetic decisions during early mammalian development
3. DNA methylation dynamics during mammalian embryogenesis 
4. Epigenetic dynamics in zebrafish development
5. The Hox clusters and epigenetics
6. Epigenetic regulation in the mammalian germ line 
7. Chromatin dynamics and epigenetic changes during plant development
8. Reprogramming
9. Chromatin, transcription factors and gene regulation during gametogenesis and early embryogenesis
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Subject Areas: Developmental biology [PSC], DNA & Genome [PSAK1], Genetics [non-medical PSAK]