Professor Jonathan M.W. Slack is an emeritus professor of the University of Bath, UK, where he was Head of the Department of Biology and Biochemistry; and the University of Minnesota, USA, where he was director of the Stem Cell Institute. He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and a ??Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He has published numerous research papers on developmental biology as well as five other books, including The Science of Stem Cells (Wiley-Blackwell 2018).
Professor Leslie Dale is Professor of Developmental Biology at University College London, UK, where he was Head of Teaching for the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology. He teaches developmental biology to both undergarduate and medical students. For his PhD he studied regeneration in Drosophila imaginal discs and subsequently the development of Xenopus embryos.

Preface
Section 1: Groundwork
1 The excitement of developmental biology
2 How development works
3 Approaches to development: developmental genetics
4 Approaches to development: cell signaling and commitment
5 Approaches to development: cell and molecular biology techniques
6 Cells into tissues
Section 2: Major model organisms
7 Model organisms
8 Xenopus
9 The zebrafish
10 The chick
11 The mouse
12 The human
13 Drosophila
14 Caenorhabditis elegans,
Section 3: Organogenesis
15 Techniques for studying organogenesis and postnatal development
16 Development of the nervous system
17 Development of mesodermal organs
18 Development of endodermal organs
19 Drosophila imaginal discs
Section 4: Growth, evolution, regeneration
20 Tissue organization and stem cells
21 Growth, aging, and cancer
22 Pluripotent stem cells and their applications
23 Evolution and development
24 Regeneration of missing parts
Glossary
Index