The Morphology of Amphibian Metamorphosis
Author : Inez Whipple Wilder
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Amphibians
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Author : Inez Whipple Wilder
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Amphibians
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Author : Yun-Bo Shi
Publisher : Wiley-Liss
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 23,89 MB
Release : 1999-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780471244752
In an age when advanced molecular and genetic tools allow studies in various systems, amphibian metamorphosis still offers perhaps the most accessible model for the study of postembryonic organogenesis and mechanisms of hormonal regulation during vertebrate development. Amphibian Metamorphosis: From Morphology to Molecular Biology integrates findings from the most recent research with earlier observations, providing molecular and mechanistic insights into the signal transduction pathways underlying tissue-specific transformations during metamorphosis. The author, renowned expert of anuran metamorphosis and Head of the Unit of Molecular Morphogenesis at NICHD/NIH, begins with an overview of metamorphosis in different classes of amphibians and various factors that influence this process. A review of earlier morphological, cellular, and biochemical changes focuses on organs and tissues that have been studied extensively at the molecular level, while discussion of the thyroid hormone signal transduction pathway emphasizes transcriptional regulation mechanisms by thyroid receptors. The book provides a summary and comparison of gene regulation programs induced by thyroid hormone in several organs that undergo distinct metamorphic transformations. Several chapters are devoted to functional and mechanistic implications of the molecular findings on the thyroid hormone response genes in tissue transformation. Special features of this book include: * An emphasis on integrating the morphological approach with molecularand cell biology * A historical perspective on the progression from discovery of the thyroid hormone to present-day research advances * Comparisons of amphibian and insect metamorphosis * Dozens of instructive photographs, several in full color Amphibian Metamorphosis: From Morphology to Molecular Biology is a unique and invaluable resource for professionals and aspiring professionals in develop-mental biology, molecular biology, cell biology, evolutionary biology, and endocrinology.
Author : Inez Whipple Wilder
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Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 1925
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Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 32,52 MB
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0123859808
This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers recent progresses in our understanding of animal metamorphosis. Over a dozen of leading experts reviews studies ranging from morphological, molecular to genetic analyses of metamorphosis in a broad spectrum of animals, including insects, fish. Topics include molecular evolution in metamorphosis, the synthesis and function of hormones in regulating metamorphic timing and rate, regulation and function of nuclear hormone receptors, neuroendocrine control of metamorphosis, tissue specific metamorphic events such as autophagy and stem cell development, and applications of genome-wide analysis technologies for studying metamorphosis. First comprehensive review of the metamorphosis in diverse animal species by leading experts in the field Covers a broad range of subjects: from morphological changes, molecular and genetic studies, to cutting-edge technologies for metamorphic studies; from systematic changes to tissue specific events, such as autophagy and stem cell development, which are areas of enormous interest in contemporary biomedical research Serves as a reference book for undergraduate and graduate students in fields across biology and biomedicine
Author : Savino Albert D'Angelo
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 16,83 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Amphibians
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Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2009-09-08
Category :
ISBN : 9264076247
This Test Guideline describes an amphibian metamorphosis assay intended to screen substances which may interfere with the normal functioning of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid axis. The assay was validated with the species Xenopus laevis, which is ...
Author : Lawrence Gilbert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 1981-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Metamorphosis: an overiew; Asurvey of invertebrate metamorphosis; Cell structure during insect metamorphosis; Hormonal control of insect metamorphosis; Chemistry, metabolism, and transport of hormones controlling insect metamorphosis; Macromolecular changes during insect metamorphosis; Drosophila imaginal discs as amodel system for the study of metamorphosis; Cell lines as a model for the study of metamorphosis; Survey of chordate metamorphosis; Cytological and morphological changes during amphibian metamorphosis; Hormonal control of amphibian metamorphosis; Biological basis of tissue regression and synthesis; Transmitons in the nervous system during amphibian metamorphosis; Changes in the blood during amphibian metamorphosis; Biochemical characterization of organ differentiation and maturation; The dual role of thyroid hormones in vertebrate developmet and calorigenesis.
Author : British Society for Developmental Biology. Symposium
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
This collection of twenty-one papers provides an up-to-date investigation of metamorphosis, particularly in insects and amphibians. The contributors offer a range of fresh insights as they describe the latest research, considering such topics as the morphological and cellular aspects of metamorphosis, the use of mutants to study the control of pattern formation in the adult insect integument at the genetic level, and hormonal control of metamorphosis in insects and amphibians.
Author : Savino Albert D'Angelo
Publisher :
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Amphibians
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Author : Harold Fox
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 36,85 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461253020
This book came about as a result of a review I had written earlier on fea tures of cellular changes occurring during anuran metamorphosis. Only a limited treatment of this subject was possible in such a circumscribed work and only specific examples of organic change were dealt with. Thus the sins of omission weighed heavily, for so much information could not be included to provide a more comprehensive and authenticated account of the elaborate, complex, and far-reaching changes that an aquatic larva undergoes to become a terrestrial froglet. A good deal of my working life has been spent investigating amphib ians, especially their larval developmental morphology during metamor phosis, first at the level of light microscopy and in later years by electronmicroscopy. Initially I was particularly concerned with morpho logical homologies of a variety of larval structures, such as the cranial and pharyngeal skeleton and the nerves and musculature, in order to learn more about amphibian phylogeny, for during my pre-and early postgrad uate years G. R. Beer and D. M. S. Watson inspired an undying interest in and respect for vertebrate comparative anatomy. However, it now seems to be that amphibian phylogenetic relationships are best dealt with by the paleontologists, so ably demonstrated by D. M. S. Watson and A. S. Romer and the contemporary enthusiasts in this field like A. L. Panchen, R. L. Carroll, E. Jarvik, and K. S. Thompson among a host of others, particularly in the USA.