The Elements of Experimental Embryology

Originally published in 1934, this book discusses the process of tissue differentiation in developing embryos of a variety of species.

Julian S. Huxley (Author), G. R. de Beer (Author)

9781107502420, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 April 2015

530 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.7 kg

Originally published in 1934 as part of the Cambridge Comparative Physiology series, this book discusses the process of tissue differentiation in developing embryos of a variety of species. Huxley and de Beer examine important aspects of development such as symmetry, the mosaic stage of differentiation and the relationship between hereditary factors and differentiation. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science or embryology.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Historical introduction to the problem of differentiation
2. Early amphibian development: a descriptive sketch
3. Early amphibian development: a preliminary experimental analysis
4. The origin of polarity, symmetry and asymmetry
5. Cleavage and differentiation
6. Organisers: inducers of differentiation
7. The mosaic stage of differentiation
8. Fields and gradients
9. Fields and gradients in normal ontogeny
10. Gradient-fields in post-embryonic life
11. The further differentiation of the amphibian nervous system
12. The hereditary factors and differentiation
13. The prefunctional as contrasted with the functional period of development
14. Summary
Bibliography and index of authors
Appendix
Index of subjects.

Subject Areas: Biophysics [PHVN]