Developmental Biology

Download or read book Developmental Biology written by Werner Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-12-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No field of contemporary biomedical science has been more revolutionized by the techniques of molecular biology than developmental biology. This is an outstanding concise introduction to developmental biology that takes a contemporary approach to describing the complex process that transforms an egg into an adult organism. The book features exceptionally clear two-color illustrations, and is designed for use in both undergraduate and graduate level courses. The book is especially noteworthy for its treatment of development in model organisms, whose contributions to developmental biology were recognized in the 1995 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine.