This Third Edition of "Developmental Biology" is a fully updated and revised introduction to the phenomena of animal development. It provides a comprehensive account of the molecular and cellular concepts of development while placing them in the framework of the developing embryo. Many chapters have been extensively rewritten as the conceptual ...
Our ability to alter the course of human development ranks among the most significant changes in modern science. We can choose the sex of our children in advance, and could potentially prevent disease with genetic enhancement. An ethical question then arises as to whether or not these things should be done. The goal of this book is to present ...
Embryology: Constructing the Organism concentrates on the descriptive and experimental aspects of embryology. Written by experts in each area, it brings invertebrate, vertebrate and plant embryology into a single easy-to-read and well illustrated volume. It differs from standard developmental biology texts in that it focuses on those organisms ...
Written for a new field currently lacking a proper textbook, it relates the embryo to its environment, and demonstrates how development in nature is different from development in the laboratory. This book introduces a new field of Biology that is currently lacking a textbook. The coverage provided intersects numerous disciplines. The book provides ...
This intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology. Metchnikoff authored and championed the theory that phagocytic cells actively defend the host body against pathogens and diseased cells. In this scientific biography, Tauber and Chernyak explore Metchnikoff's development ...
The title Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields elucidates the three central metaphors that author Donna Haraway uses to track the paradigm shift in developmental biology that occurred from the late 1890s to the mid-1950s. This was a time of fruitful discovery and unparalleled crisis in the field of biology in which Haraway pinpoints a paradigm shift ...
Although embryology is one of biology's principal disciplines, its history is often largely neglected. In this volume, Scott Gilbert brings together 13 prominent embryologists and historians to write an account of that history and to explore the concepts that underlie not only modern embryology but also developmental and evolutionary biology. The ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
