Genetic Analysis of Animal DevelopmentA comprehensive analysis of three animal systems that are currently the major focus of research in developmental biology: the fruit fly (Drosophilia), the nematode (Caenorhabditis), and the mouse. Introduces and explains the genetic and molecular techniques employed to investigate the mechanisms of developmental change in these animals and provides a critical analysis of current ideas on the genetic basis of their development, suggesting that many of the new findings demand revision of theory which has guided much of the work in this field for the past two decades. |
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OOGENESIS AND | 23 |
From Oocyte to Early Embryo | 39 |
Analysis and Mechanism | 74 |
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abdominal adult allele analysis animal ANT-C autosomal blastocyst blastoderm blastomeres bristle BX-C cell division cell number cell types cellular chimeras chromosome cleavage clonal clones compartments complex cytoplasm defects developmental differentiation distal dorsal Drosophila early embryo ectoderm elegans embryo embryogenesis endoderm enzyme fate map female Figure follicle cells formation founder cell fruit fly function gene activities gene expression gene products genetic genotype germ line give rise gonad gradient growth gynandromorph hermaphrodite homeotic homozygous hybridization imaginal discs instar involves larval lethal lineages male marker maternal effect mesodermal mesothorax molecular morphogenetic mouse mRNA mutant phenotype mutants nematode neural normal nuclei oocyte oogenesis organism pathway pattern phenotype polarity pole cells position postembryonic posterior precursor cells primitive streak produce progeny protein region replication segment sequence sex determination somatic specific stage structures synthesis tion tissue transcription transformation ventral wild-type X chromosome X/A ratio zygotic zygotic genome