Mechanisms of Morphogenesis

Morphogenesis is the set of processes that generate shape and form in the embryo and is an important area within developmental biology. Mechanisms of Morphogenesis is a text reference on the mechanisms of cell and tissue morphogenesis covering morphogenesis in diverse organisms including prokaryotes, animals, plants and fungi. The outstanding feature of this book is the way that it is organized around principles and mechanisms, and how it uses them to integrate discoveries from a range of organisms and systems. By combining hard data with computer modelling, it will equip readers with a much broader understanding of the scope of modern research than is otherwise available.The book will be restricted to morphogenesis, the creation of biological form, and will only cover subjects such as gene control and signalling, which dominate other developmental biology books, where they are absolutely relevant to morphogenesis itself.