The purpose of this book is twofold: it is meant to serve both as a practical manual for the study of animal development and as a general introduction to the subject. Central to our en- deavour is the belief that developmental biology is best taught and learnt at the laboratory bench, with specimens which are either alive and can be seen to develop or with fresh material derived directly from the egg (as in birds) or mother (as in mammals). Once the dynamic nature of development is appreci- ated and the overall structure of the developing organism discerned the more conventional study of...
The purpose of this book is twofold: it is meant to serve both as a practical manual for the study of animal development and as a general introduction...