Dynamics of Development: Experiments and Inferences. Selected Papers on Developmental Biology

✍ Scribed by Paul A. Weiss (Auth.)

• Year: 1968
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 621
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE I, Pages v-vi
PREFACE II, Pages vii-viii
FOREWORD, Pages ix-xii
CHAPTER 1 - The Biological Basis of Adaptation, Pages 3-23
CHAPTER 2 - From Cell to Molecule, Pages 24-95
CHAPTER 3 - STRUCTURE AS THE COORDINATING PRINCIPLE IN THE LIFE OF THE CELL, Pages 96-122
CHAPTER 4 - THE CELL AS UNIT, Pages 123-131
CHAPTER 5 - THE PROBLEM OF CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION, Pages 135-145
CHAPTER 6 - Some Introductory Remarks on the Cellular Basis of Differentiation, Pages 146-176
CHAPTER 7 - THE PROBLEM OF CELL INDIVIDUALITY IN DEVELOPMENT, Pages 177-189
CHAPTER 8 - DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH, Pages 190-245
CHAPTER 9 - SUMMARIZING REMARKS, Pages 246-248
CHAPTER 10 - What is Growth?, Pages 251-264
CHAPTER 11 - THE PROBLEM OF SPECIFICITY IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Pages 265-308
CHAPTER 12 - SPECIFICITY IN GROWTH CONTROL, Pages 309-320
CHAPTER 13 - DETERIORATION IN CELLS, Pages 321-328
CHAPTER 14 - AGING: A COROLLARY OF DEVELOPMENT, Pages 329-340
CHAPTER 15 - CELL CONTACT, Pages 343-372
CHAPTER 16 - Cellular Dynamics, Pages 373-382
CHAPTER 17 - Interactions between Cells, Pages 383-388
CHAPTER 18 - FUNCTIONAL ADAPTATION AND THE RÔLE OF GROUND SUBSTANCES IN DEVELOPMENT, Pages 389-407
CHAPTER 19 - GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN CELL LOCOMOTION AND CELL AGGREGATION, Pages 408-429
CHAPTER 20 - SUMMARY COMMENTS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SYMPOSIUM, Pages 430-441
CHAPTER 21 - NERVE PATTERNS: THE MECHANICS OF NERVE GROWTH, Pages 445-485
CHAPTER 22 - SELF-DIFFERENTIATION OF THE BASIC PATTERNS OF COORDINATION, Pages 486-581
CHAPTER 23 - NEURONAL DYNAMICS, AN ESSAY, Pages 582-616
CHAPTER 24 - Editorial: Modifiability of the Neuron, Pages 617-621
TOPICAL INDEX, Pages 623-624