Designed for junior, senior and graduate courses in embryology, developmental biology and medical embryology, this book presents the story of vertebrate embryonic development. A chapter on fertilization, featuring a comparison of classical invertebrate systems, includes new data on mammalian fertilization. This edition indicates where contemporary research has clarified understanding of embryological processes.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Illustrationen
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Höhe: 230 mm
Breite: 168 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-07-009940-1 (9780070099401)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Embryology - its scope, history and special fields; reproductive organs and the sexual cycle; gametogenesis; fertilization; cleavage and formation of the blastula; gastrulation and the establishing of the germ layers; neurulation and early formation of axial structures; extraembryonic membranes and placenta; basic body plan of young mammalian embryos; cellular differentiation and the development of muscular and skeletal tissues; the skin and its derivatives; limb development; development of the nervous system; the neural crest; the sense organs; development of the head and neck; the digestive and respiratory systems and the body cavities; the development of the urogenital system; the development of the circulatory system.