1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715359303321

Autore

Schoen Alan H.

Titolo

Infinite periodic minimal surfaces without self-intersections / / by Alan H. Schoen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, , May 1970

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 92 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA/TN ; ; D-5541

Disciplina

629.1/08 s

Soggetti

Minimal surfaces

Euclidean geometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"May 1970."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-92).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791806903321

Autore

Hallgrímsson Benedikt

Titolo

Epigenetics [[electronic resource] ] : linking genotype and phenotype in development and evolution / / edited by Benedikt Hallgrímsson and Brian K. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-33185-3

9786613331854

0-520-94882-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (469 p.)

Classificazione

WG 1940

Altri autori (Persone)

HallgrímssonBenedikt

HallBrian Keith <1941->

Disciplina

576.5/3

Soggetti

Phenotype

Epigenesis

Genotype-environment interaction

Genetic regulation

Developmental genetics

Evolutionary genetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Brief History of the Term and Concept Epigenetics -- 3. Heuristic Reductionism and the Relative significance of Epigenetic Inheritance in evolution -- 4. The Epigenetics of Genomic Imprinting: Core Epigenetic Processes are conserved in Mammals, Insects, and Plants -- 5. Methylation Mapping in Humans -- 6. Asexuality and Epigenetic Variation -- 7. Epigenesis, Preformation, and the Humpty Dumpty Problem -- 8. A Principle of Developmental Inertia -- 9. The Role of Epigenetics in Nervous System Development -- 10. Morphogenesis of Pigment Patterns: Experimental and Modeling Approaches -- 11. Epigenetic Interactions of the Cardiac Neural Crest -- 12. Epigenetics in Bone and cartilage Development -- 13. Muscle-Bone Interactions and the Development of skeletal Phenotype: Jaw muscles and the skull -- 14. Evolution of the Apical Ectoderm in the Developing Vertebrate Limb



-- 15. Role of Skeletal Muscle in the Epigenetic Shaping of Organs, Tissues, and Cell Fate Choices -- 16. Epigenetic Integration, Complexity, and Evolvability of the Head: Rethinking the Functional Matrix Hypothesis -- 17. Epigenetic Interactions: The Developmental Route to Functional Integration -- 18. Epigenetic Contributions to Adaptive Radiation: Insights from Threespine Stickleback -- 19. Learning, Developmental Plasticity, and the Rate of Morphological Evolution -- 20. Epigenetics: Adaptation or Contingency? -- 21. The Epigenetics of Dysmorphology. Craniosynostosis as an Example -- 22. Epigenetics of Human Disease -- 23. Epigenetics: The Context of Development -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Illuminating the processes and patterns that link genotype to phenotype, epigenetics seeks to explain features, characters, and developmental mechanisms that can only be understood in terms of interactions that arise above the level of the gene. With chapters written by leading authorities, this volume offers a broad integrative survey of epigenetics. Approaching this complex subject from a variety of perspectives, it presents a broad, historically grounded view that demonstrates the utility of this approach for understanding complex biological systems in development, disease, and evolution. Chapters cover such topics as morphogenesis and organ formation, conceptual foundations, and cell differentiation, and together demonstrate that the integration of epigenetics into mainstream developmental biology is essential for answering fundamental questions about how phenotypic traits are produced.