Preface |
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1.1 Modeling Biological Development |
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1.2 Early Stages: A Brief Survey |
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1.3 An Example: Formation of the Blastocoel |
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Chapter 2 Catastrophe Theory |
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2.2 Categorization and Applications |
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19 | (8) |
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2.3 Global Implications of Local Structure |
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27 | (8) |
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Chapter 3 Pattern Formation |
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35 | (3) |
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3.2 Reaction-Diffusion Systems: Inception of Inhomogeneity |
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38 | (9) |
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3.3 Inhomogeneous Steady State |
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47 | (6) |
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53 | (8) |
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61 | (6) |
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Chapter 4 Differential Adhesion and Morphogenesis |
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67 | (22) |
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4.1 Cell Sorting by Differential Adhesion |
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68 | (6) |
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4.2 Rheology of Cell Aggregates |
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74 | (7) |
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4.3 Elements of Morphodynamics |
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81 | (8) |
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Chapter 5 The Origins of Movement |
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5.1 Chemistry and Geometry of Adhesion |
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5.2 Equilibrium and Stability |
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98 | (3) |
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5.3 Gastrulation in Amphibians |
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101 | (9) |
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5.4 Cell Motion in Thin Layers |
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110 | (7) |
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5.5 Dynamics of Adhesion-Driven Structure |
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117 | (4) |
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5.6 Cell-Substrate Adhesion |
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121 | (2) |
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5.7 Imaginal Disc Evagination |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (12) |
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6.1 Initiation of Slime Mold Aggregation |
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125 | (4) |
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6.2 Other Aspects of Chemotaxis |
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129 | (8) |
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Chapter 7 Cell Proliferation |
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7.1 Homogeneous Population |
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137 | (14) |
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7.2 Environmental Control of Cell Division |
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151 | (9) |
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160 | (3) |
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7.4 Sol-Gel Transformation |
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165 | (4) |
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7.6 Turing Dynamical Resolution |
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169 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 Somite Formation in Vertebrates |
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8.1 Elementary Oscillations |
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173 | (3) |
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8.2 Time-Delay Oscillators |
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176 | (3) |
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8.3 Biochemical Entrainment and Biochemical Waves |
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179 | (6) |
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8.4 Clock, Wavefront, and Somite Condensation |
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185 | (6) |
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191 | (18) |
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9.1 The Evidence and Its Implications |
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191 | (7) |
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9.2 Nonlinear Theory of Compartmentalization |
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198 | (11) |
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Chapter 10 Segmentation of Insect Embryos |
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10.1 Prototypical Reaction-Diffusion: One Component |
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209 | (6) |
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10.2 Prepattern Activation |
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215 | (6) |
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10.3 Further Aspects of Reaction-Diffusion |
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221 | (4) |
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10.4 Pattern Under Growth: Chick Limb Bud |
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225 | (2) |
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10.5 Insect Imaginal Disc |
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227 | (4) |
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231 | (6) |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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