Growth in Length
Embryological Essays

Originally published in 1916, this book contains three lectures delivered on the subject of how the vertebrate embryo grows along its main axis.

Richard Assheton (Author)

9781107696679, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 May 2014

118 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm, 0.18 kg

Originally published in 1916, this book contains the text of three lectures delivered by Richard Assheton to zoology students at the University of London in 1913 on the subject of how the vertebrate embryo grows along its main axis. An essay by Assheton from 1910 on the mechanics of gastrulation is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of embryology.

Publications by the same author
The growth in length of the vertebrate embryo
The geometrical relation of the nuclei in an invaginating gastrula (e.g. amphioxus) considered in connection with cell rhythm , and Dreisch's conception of entelechy
Literature referred to.

Subject Areas: Developmental biology [PSC]