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Slack, Jonathan Michael Wyndham was born on September 10, 1949 in London. Son of Ronald and Pamela Zoe Slack.
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Essential Developmental Biology is a comprehensive, richly illustrated introduction to all aspects of developmental biology. Written in a clear and accessible style, the third edition of this popular textbook has been expanded and updated In addition, an accompanying website - www.essentialdevelopmentalbiology.com - provides instructional materials for both student and lecturer use, including animated developmental processes, a photo gallery of selected model organisms, and all artwork in downloadable format. With an emphasis throughout on the evidence underpinning the main conclusions, this book is an essential text for both introductory and more advanced courses in developmental biology. Shortlisted for the Society of Biology Book Awards 2013 in the Undergraduate Textbook category. Reviews of the Second Edition: "The second edition is a must have for anyone interested in development biology. New findings in hot fields such as stem cells, regeneration, and aging should make it attractive to a wide readership. Overall, the book is concise, well structured, and illustrated. I can highly recommend it." - Peter Gruss , Max Planck Society "I have always found Jonathan Slack's writing thoughtful, provocative, and engaging, and simply fun to read. This effort is no exception. Every student of developmental biology should experience his holistic yet analytical view of the subject." - Margaret Saha , College of William & Mary
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This book is about the development of the animal embryo starting from the fertilised egg. The emphasis is on the problem of pattern formation: how cells in different regions of the embryo become programmed to form the various structures of the body in the correct relative positions.
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Developmental biology is at the core of biological science, integrating molecular biology, genetics and anatomy. The past 15 years has seen revolutionary advances not only in our understanding of the processes by which an egg develops into an adult, but also in the application of this knowledge to the areas of reproductive technology, drug development and organ replacement. Essential Developmental Biology is a concise and well-illustrated treatment of this subject for undergraduates. Assuming no prior knowledge of anatomy and only the basics of cell biology and genetics, the book starts off by introducing the principles and approaches of developmental biology. The second section covers the characteristic development of each of the principal model species used for research and final chapters are devoted to organ development, predominantly in vertebrates. With an emphasis throughout on the evidence underpinning the main conclusions, this book is suitable as the key text for both introductory and more advanced courses in developmental biology.
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The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in our understanding of early animal development. The revised edition of this excellent book describes the results of this revolution and explains in detail how the body plan of an embryo emerges from a newly fertilized egg. The book starts with a critical discussion of embryological concepts, and with simple mathematics describes cell states, morphogen gradients, and threshold responses. The experimental evidence of the mechanisms of regional specification in vertebrates, insects, and selected invertebrates, namely frogs (Xenopus), mice, chicks, fruitflies (Drosophila), mollusks, ringed worms, sea squirts, and nematode worms (Caenorhabditis), is then discussed. The progress with Drosophila has been particularly impressive, and there is an entire chapter devoted to it that provides a clear guide to the subject and includes a new table of developmentally important genes. Throughout, the emphasis is on conceptual clarity and unity, and the book brings together mathematical models, embryological experiments, and molecular biology in a single comprehensible and coherent account.
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Slack, Jonathan Michael Wyndham was born on September 10, 1949 in London. Son of Ronald and Pamela Zoe Slack.
Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1971; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, Edinburgh (Scotland) U., 1974.
Postdoctoral fellow Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, 1974—1976. Senior scientist Mill Hill Laboratories Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1976—1985, principal scientist development biology unit, 1985—1995. Professor cell and development biology University Bath, England, since 1995, head department biology and biochemistry, 2000—2006.
Appointment director Stem Cell Institute University Minnesota, since 2007.
(Essential Developmental Biology is a comprehensive, richl...)
(Developmental biology is at the core of biological scienc...)
(The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in our under...)
(This book is about the development of the animal embryo s...)
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Member European Molecular Biology Organisation, British Society for Development Biology (secretary since 1993), British Society for Cell Biology.
Married Janet Elizabeth Blaker, September 6, 1980. Children: Rebecca Frances, Philippa Tamsin.