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Book Review: Developmental Biology, A Very Short Introduction

Posted by , on 1 March 2012

Book Info:  Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction by Lewis Wolpert. Aug 2011. 152 pages. ISBN: 9780199601196 (Paperback) Price: $11.95 /£7.99 The very first sentence Lewis Wolpert writes in Developmental ...

Book review: A wake-up call to delve deeper into the cell

Posted by , on 5 January 2012

This book review originally appeared in Development. Wendy Bickmore reviews “The Nucleus” (Edited by Tom Misteli and David L. Spector). Book info: The Nucleus Edited by Tom Misteli, David L. ...

Book Review: The Cell, A Very Short Introduction

Posted by , on 3 January 2012

Book Info:  The Cell: A Very Short Introduction by Terence Allen and Graham Cowling. Oct 2011. 152 pages. ISBN: 9780199578757 (Paperback) Price: $11.95 /£7.99 Ever since Anton van Leeuwenhoek first peered ...

Book review: Epigenetics in all its glory

Posted by , on 29 December 2011

This book review originally appeared in Development. Melissa Mann reviews “Epigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution” (Edited by Benedikt Hallgrímsson and Brian K. Hall). Book info: Epigenetics: ...

Book review: A practical guide to human stem cell biology

Posted by , on 22 December 2011

This book review originally appeared in Development. Neil Singh and Ludovic Vallier review “Human Stem Cell Technology and Biology” (Edited by Gary S. Stein, Maria Borowski, Mai X. Luong, Meng-Jiao ...

Book review: An introduction to mathematical biology

Posted by , on 15 December 2011

This book review originally appeared in Development. Lance Davidson reviews “Mathematical Models of Biological Systems” (by Hugo van den Berg). Book info: Mathematical Models of Biological Systems By Hugo van ...

Book review: A molecular view of the life and time of RNA

Posted by , on 8 December 2011

This book review originally appeared in Development. Ilan Davis reviews “Molecular Biology of RNA” (by David Elliot and Michael Ladomery). Book info: Molecular Biology of RNA By David Elliot, Michael ...

Book review: We hold these principles to be self-evident

Posted by , on 1 December 2011

This book review originally appeared in Development. Richard Harland reviews the latest edition of “Principles of Development” (by Lewis Wolpert and Cheryll Tickle). Book info: Principles of Development By Lewis ...

Book review: Fast-forward: the fourth dimension in development

Posted by , on 23 November 2011

Development issue 24 features several book reviews. Over the next few weeks, these book reviews will also appear here on the Node. In this first one, Elaine Dzierzak and Catherine ...