The Regulatory Genome

Gene Regulatory Networks in Development and Evolution
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-12-088563-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 801 g

Gene regulatory networks are the most complex, extensive control systems found in nature. The interaction between biology and evolution has been the subject of great interest in recent years. The author, Eric Davidson, has been instrumental in elucidating this relationship. He is a world renowned scientist and a major contributor to the field of developmental biology.

The Regulatory Genome beautifully explains the control of animal development in terms of structure/function relations of inherited regulatory DNA sequence, and the emergent properties of the gene regulatory networks composed of these sequences. New insights into the mechanisms of body plan evolution are derived from considerations of the consequences of change in developmental gene regulatory networks. Examples of crucial evidence underscore each major concept. The clear writing style explains regulatory causality without requiring a sophisticated background in descriptive developmental biology. This unique text supersedes anything currently available in the market.

Zielgruppe

Students, postdocs, and professionals in developmental biology, cell biology, etc. Will also appeal to the educated lay person interested in evolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Eric H

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tiergenetik, Reproduktion
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER 1
The "Regulatory Genome" for Animal Development

CHAPTER 2
cis-Regulatory Modules, and the Structure/Function Basis of Regulatory Logic

CHAPTER 3
Development as a Process of Regulatory State Specification

CHAPTER 4
Gene Regulatory Networks for Development: What They Are, How They Work, and What They Mean

CHAPTER 5
Gene Regulatory Networks: The Roots of Causality and Diversity in Animal Evolution

Über Autor(innen)

Davidson, Eric H
Isabelle S. Peter is Assistant Research Professor and Eric H. Davidson is Norman Chandler Professor of Cell Biology in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Over the last seven years they have co-authored a series of works on experimental, conceptual and computational analyses of developmental gene regulatory networks, including their evolutionary significance. The discussions and conceptual explorations occasioned by this collaboration produced the new synthetic views encompassed in this book, building on decades of earlier work summarized in the 2001 and 2006 Academic Press books by Eric H. Davidson.

Eric H. Davidson is the Norman Chandler Professor of Cell Biology at the California Institute of Technology and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.