Table of Contents

Part I Principles of developmental biology: the scope of developmental biology - developmental anatomy; life cycles and the evolution of developmental patterns; fundamentals of experimental embryology; genes and development - introduction, techniques, and ethical issues; the genetic core of development - differential care expression; cell-cell communication in development. Part II Early embryonic development: fertilization; early development of invertebrates; genetics of axis specification in "drosophila"; early development of vertebrates - amphibians; early development of vertebrates - fish, birds, and mammals. Part III Later embryonic development: the central nervous system and the epidermis; the neural crest and axonal guidance; dorsal and paraxial mesoderm; lateral mesoderm and endoderm; limb development; sex determination; reinitiating development - regeneration and metamorphosis; the saga of the germ line. Part IV Ramifications of developmental biology: plant development; ecological developmental biology; evolutionary biology.

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Scott F. Gilbert has received several awards, including the Medal of Francois I from the College de France, the Dwight J. Ingle Memorial Writing Award and the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.