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Most of the cranial sense organs of vertebrates arise from embryonic structures known as cranial placodes. Such placodes also give rise to sensory neurons that transmit information to the brain as well as to many neurosecretory cells. This book focuses on the development of sensory and neurosecretory cell types from cranial placodes by introducing the vertebrate head with its sense organs and neurosecretory organs and providing an overview of the various cranial placodes and their derivatives, i...

This new edition of the standard laboratory manual is intended to make molecular cloning faster and easier. It presents techniques tested at the Curie Institute and at other leading laboratories, and lists all commercially available enzymes, vectors, linkers, and other basic products for ready reference. A detailed explanation of protocols is offered, allowing the isolation, cloning, and expression of genes from living species. As well as presenting up-to-date techniques on sequencing, in vitro...

Studies on the components of the extracellular matrix have expanded recently and greatly increased our understanding of their biological functions and roles in development and in disease. Because so many new areas have been defined, selection of chapter topics was difficult to limit. Areas with recent developments in both basic knowledge and diseased states have been emphasized. Some of the chapters detail evolving frontiers which are of intense interest, but complete information is not known. F...

The publication of this book was undertaken with two purposes in view: to bring together informatian on the deposition by living organ- isms of unique skeletal structures composed of amorphous silica, and to review recent data on the involvement of silicon in physiological and biochemical processes. Although widely varying viewpoints are represented, all the contributors are very interested in the events in- volved in the formatian of siliceaus structures and their function. Data presented deal...

Modem biology owes much to the study of favorable model systems which fa- cilitates the realization of critical experiments and results in the introduction of new concepts. Examples of such systems are numerous and studies of them are regularly recognized by the scientific community. The 1983 Nobel Prize in Med- icine and Physiology is a magnificent example in which com plants served as the experimental model. In a manner somewhat more modest, other biological systems have attracted recognition...

This volume, The Science of Algal Fuels (volume 25 of COLE), contains 26 chapters dealing with biofuels contributed by experts from numerous countries and covers several aspects of algal products, one being "oilgae from algae," mainly oils and fuels for engines. Among the prominent algal groups that participate in this process are the diatoms and green algae (Chlorophyceae). Their metabolism and breeding play an important role in biomass and extraction of crude oil and algal fuel. There is a str...

"The World of the Cell, "Sixth Edition continues the tradition of previous editions widely praised for covering some of the most difficult concepts for students bioenergetics, metabolism, enzyme kinetics, thermodynamics, membrane transport, cell signaling, regulatory mechanisms, transcription and translation, signal transduction, and DNA replication and recombination at the right level and clarity. Neil Campbell and Jane Reece's BIOLOGY remains unsurpassed as the most successful majors biology...

How people perceive wetlands has always played a crucial role in determining how people act toward them. In this account, Hugh Prince examines literary evidence as well as government and scientific documents to uncover the history of changing attitudes toward wetlands in the American Midwest. As attitudes changed, so did scientific research agendas, government policies, and farmers' strategies for managing their land. Originally viewed as bountiful sources of wildlife by indigenous peoples, wet...