Models for Embryonic Periodicity

by Lewis I. Held Jr.

Book Overview

Spatially periodic patterns like zebra stripes or insect segments are mysteriously precise. How do they form during development? The deeper question, which lies at the heart of developmental biology, is: How do cells in different places within an embryo acquire different states of gene expression? In principle, there are three possible answers: either a cell's position causes its state, or its state causes its position, or both are caused by some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3805560087
• ISBN13: 9783805560085
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.7"