Written Primarily For Undergraduate Biology Majors But Also Useful For Introducing Graduate Students And Medical Students To Developmental Biology. In Addition To Exploring And Synthesizing The Organismal, Cellular, And Molecular Aspects Of Animal Development, The Seventh Edition Expands Its Coverage Of The Medical, Environmental, And Evolutionary Aspects Of Developmental Biology. Principles Of Developmental Biology -- Developmental Biology: The Anatomical Tradition -- Life Cycles And The Evolution Of Developmental Patterns -- Principles Of Experimental Embryology -- The Genetic Core Of Development -- The Paradigm Of Differential Gene Expression -- Cell-cell Communication In Development -- Early Embryonic Development -- Fertilization: Beginning A New Organism -- Early Development In Selected Invertebrates -- The Genetics Of Axis Specification In Drosophila -- Early Development And Axis Formation In Amphibians -- The Early Development Of Vertebrates: Fish, Birds, And Mammals -- Later Embryonic Development -- The Emergence Of The Ectoderm: The Central Nervous System And The Epidermis -- Neural Crest Cells And Axonal Specificity -- Paraxial And Intermediate Mesoderm -- Lateral Plate Mesoderm And Endoderm -- Development Of The Tetrapod Limb -- Sex Determination -- Metamorphosis, Regeneration, And Aging -- The Saga Of The Germ Line -- Ramifications Of Developmental Biology -- An Overview Of Plant Development -- Medical Implications Of Developmental Biology -- Environmental Regulation Of Animal Development -- Developmental Mechanisms Of Evolutionary Change. Scott F. Gilbert ; With A Chapter On Plant Development By Susan R. Singer. Title Of Cd-rom: Vade Mecum; An Interactive Guide To Developmental Biology. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. System Requirements For Accompanying Cd-rom: Windows Platform: Pentium Iii, 800 Mhz Or Faster (pentium 4 Or Comparable Recommended; Windows 2000, Xp Or Later; Windows-compatible Sound Card; 16 Bit Color (24 Bit Color Recommended); 800 X 600 Or Greater Resolution (1024 X 768 Recommended); 128 Mb Installed Ram (30 Mb Free Ram); 10x Or Faster Cd-rom Or Dvd Drive; And Quicktime 6.0 Or Newer (installers Provided). System Requirements For Accompanying Cd-rom: Macintosh Platform: Power Macintosh G3 Or Newer; System 9.2, Mac Os X 10.1.2 Or Newer (mac Os X 10.2 Recommended); 16 Bit Color (24 Bit Color Recommended); 800 X 600 Or Greater Resolution (1024 X 768 Recommended); 128 Mb Installed Ram (30 Mb Free Ram); 10x Or Faster Cd-rom Or Dvd Drive; And Quicktime 6.0 Or Newer (installers Provided). In addition to exploring and synthesizing the organismal, cellular and molecular aspects of animal development, the seventh edition of this title, with CD-ROM, book and manual, expands its coverage of the medical, environmental and evolutionary aspects of developmental biology. BETWEEN FERTILIZATION AND BIRTH, the developing organism is known as an embryo.
