Cytology category: 986 books
The Cell
A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
The cell is the basic building block of life. In its 3.5 billion years on the planet, it has proven to be a powerhouse, spreading life first throughout the seas, then across land, developing the rich and complex diversity of life that populates the planet today.
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Sperm Biology
An Evolutionary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Sperm Biology represents the first analysis of the evolutionary significance of sperm phenotypes and derived sperm traits and the possible selection pressures responsible for sperm-egg coevolution.
An understanding of sperm evolution is fast developing and promises to shed light on many topics...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
Due to its prolific reproduction and the external development of the transparent embryo, the zebrafish is the prime model for genetic and developmental studies, as well as research in genomics. While genetically distant from humans, nonetheless the vertebrate zebrafish has comparable organs and tissues...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Sertoli Cell Biology, Second Edition summarizes the progress since the last edition and emphasizes the new information available on Sertoli/germ cell interactions. This information is especially timely since the progress in the past few years has been exceptional and it relates to control of sperm...
by James Bieker
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2008
This compendium provides a concise and up-to-date assessment of critical recent issues related to erythroid biology. Developmental, epigenetic, methodological, biochemical, and clinical aspects are integrated to provide a powerful overview of their interrelationships and importance to the generation...
Foundations of Regenerative Medicine
Clinical and Therapeutic Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
The interdisciplinary field of regenerative medicine holds the promise of repairing and replacing tissues and organs damaged by disease and of developing therapies for previously untreatable conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and renal failure. Derived from the fields of tissue...
by Anne Murphy, David Chan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. Methods to assess mitochondrial function is of great interest to neuroscientists studying chronic forms of neurodegeneration, including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,...
Mitochondrial Function, Part B
Mitochondrial Protein Kinases, Protein Phosphatases and Mitochondrial Diseases
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
In this second of two new volumes covering mitochondria, methods developed to assess the number and function of nuclear-encoded proteins in the mitochondrion are presented. Chapters focus on the regulation of mitochondrial function and mitochondrial diseases, with a section emphasizing the mitochondrial...
Bacterial Growth and Division
Biochemistry and Regulation of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Division Cycles
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
How does a bacterial cell grow during the division cycle? This question is answered by the codeveloper of the Cooper-Helmstetter model of DNA replication. In a unique analysis of the bacterial division cycle, Cooper considers the major cell categories (cytoplasm, DNA, and cell surface) and presents...
Mind
A Unified Theory of Life and Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
In this “engaging” book, a noted neurosurgeon explores the possibility of intelligence in bacteria and other microorganisms (Library Journal).
It has a goal and a strategy to achieve it. It disguises itself as it stealthily surveys its enemy’s vulnerabilities. It mobilizes its resources...
The Way of the Cell
Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2001
What is life? Fifty years after physicist Erwin Schrodinger posed this question in his celebrated and inspiring book, the answer remains elusive. In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists draws on his wide knowledge of contemporary science to provide fresh insight into...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2013
This book introduces Planctomycetes bacteria and deals in detail with their unusual structure, physiology, genomics and evolutionary significance. It is a definitive summary of recent knowledge of this important distinctive group of bacteria, microorganisms which challenge our very concept of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
International Review of Cell & Molecular Biology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology—both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation and cell transformation...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Written by well-known experts in their respective fields, this book synthesizes recent work on the biology of bone cells at the molecular level. Cellular and Molecular Biology of Bone covers the differentiation of these cells, the regulation of their growth and metabolism, and their death resorption....