Living Embryos. An Introduction to the Study of Animal Development

Content: 
Other Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vii
LIST OF FIGURES, Pages xi-xii
LIST OF TABLES, Page xii
INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-5
SPERMS, Pages 6-7
EGGS, Pages 7-12
FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE MOTHER, Pages 12-14
NUMBERS OF GAMETES, Pages 14-16
FERTILIZATION, Pages 17-20
CLEAVAGE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE EGG, Pages 20,20a,20b,20c,20d,20e,20f,20g,20h,20i,20j,20k,20l,20m,20n,20o,20p,21-23
CLEAVAGE GEOMETRY, Pages 23-25
GASTRULATION, Pages 26-27
PRESUMPTIVE OR FATE MAPS, Pages 28-29
THE EARLY EMBRYOLOGY OF THE FROG, Pages 29-37
NEMATODES, Pages 38-39
POLYCHAETES, Pages 40-48
MOLLUSCS, Pages 48-50
ARTHROPODS, Pages 50-53
ECHINODERMS, Pages 54-56
TUNICATES, Pages 57-58
VERTEBRATE EMBRYOLOGY—PREAMBLE, Page 58
DEVELOPMENT OF FISHES, Pages 58-62
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK, Pages 63-67
COMPARISONS AND MECHANISMS IN EARLY VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT, Pages 68-72
THE SEQUENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL EVENTS, Pages 72-75
EMBRYONIC MEMBRANES, Pages 75-79
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAMMALS, Pages 80-83
THE RABBIT, Pages 84-85
EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER MAMMALS, Pages 85-87
EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, Page 87
THE MAMMALIAN EMBRYO AS A HOMOGRAFT, Pages 87-92
DEVELOPMENT OF ORGAN SYSTEMS, Pages 92-93
THE HEART AND VASCULAR SYSTEM, Pages 93-101
THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM, Pages 101-105
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, Pages 105-110
THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM, Pages 110-111
THE NEURAL CREST, Pages 112-114
THE SKIN, Pages 114-118
SENSE ORGANS—PREAMBLE, Page 118
THE EYE, Pages 119-123
THE EAR, Pages 123-127
THE NASAL ORGAN, Pages 127-128
THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS, Page 129
THE URINOGENITAL SYSTEM, Pages 129-136
GENES AND DEVELOPMENT, Pages 136-143
LIFE CYCLES, Pages 144-146
EMBRYOS AND EVOLUTION, Pages 147-149
APPENDIX 1 - SOURCES OF MATERIAL, Pages 150-158
APPENDIX 2 - METHODS, Pages 159-161
APPENDIX 3 - FURTHER READING, Page 162
GLOSSARY, Pages 163-165
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 167-173