Editors:
- Reviews the process of asymmetric cell division extensively
- Highlights similarities between single-cell and multi-cellular organisms in development
- Broadens the understanding of tumor development after misregulation in stem cells
Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation (RESULTS, volume 61)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book provides readers with an overview of the frequent occurrence of asymmetric cell division. Employing a broad range of examples, it highlights how this mode of cell division constitutes the basis of multicellular organism development and how its misregulation can lead to cancer.
To underline such developmental correlations, readers will for example gain insights into stem cell fate and tumor growth. In turn, subsequent chapters include descriptions of asymmetric cell division from unicellular organisms to humans in both physiological and pathological conditions. The book also illustrates the importance of this process for evolution and our need to understand the background mechanisms, offering a valuable guide not only for students in the field of developmental biology but also for experienced researchers from neighboring fields.
Editors and Affiliations
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IGDR, UMR 6290, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Jean-Pierre Tassan
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Inst of Genetics & Dev of Rennes IG, CNRS/Unive Rennes 1 UMR 6290, Rennes Cedex, France
Jacek Z. Kubiak
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Asymmetric Cell Division in Development, Differentiation and Cancer
Editors: Jean-Pierre Tassan, Jacek Z. Kubiak
Series Title: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53150-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53149-6Published: 25 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85077-1Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53150-2Published: 12 April 2017
Series ISSN: 0080-1844
Series E-ISSN: 1861-0412
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 421
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cell Cycle Analysis, Embryology, Stem Cells, Cancer Research