Embryonic and fetal development [antikvár]

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONIn this, our Second Edition of Reproduction in Mammals, we are responding to numerous requests for a more up-to-date and rather more detailed treatment of the subject. The First Edition was accorded an excellent reception, but Books 1 to 5 were written ten years ago and inevitably there have been advances on many fronts since then. As before, the manner of presentation is intended to make the subject matter interesting to read and readily comprehensible to undergraduates in the biological sciences, and yet with sufiicient depth to provide a valued source of information to graduates engaged in both teaching and research. Our authors have been selected from among the best known in their respective fields.Book 2 deals with development from the first cleavage of the fertilized egg to the birth of the new individual. Information is provided on all the important events of normal development as well as on the anomalous processes that are known to occur, and on the experimental Approach to a better understanding of both the normal and the abnormal through the use of manipulative techniques.From the Preface to the First EditionReproduction in Mammals is intended to meet the needs of undergraduates reading Zoology, Biology, Physiology, Medicine, Veterinary Science and Agriculture, and as a source of information for advanced students and research workers. It is published as a series of eight small textbooks dealing with all major aspects of mammalian reproduction. Each of the component. books is designed to cover independently fairly distinct subdivisions of the subject, so that readers can select texts relevant to their particular interests and needs, if reluctant to purchase the whole work. The contents lists of all the books are set out on the next page.