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Korschelt, Eugen

 
9781330600832: Text-Book of the Embryology of Invertebrates, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

Explores how invertebrates grow from embryo to adult with clear, accessible detail. This comprehensive book surveys the embryology of a wide range of invertebrate groups, linking foundational concepts to the diversity of life cycles and development observed across the field.

Written to modernize and organize a broad topic, it presents essential methods, stages, and patterns in a way that’s approachable for students and readers with a general interest in biology. The volume emphasizes the progression from germ layers and cleavage to later developmental events, while situating discoveries in a thoughtful historical and scientific context.




  • Clear explanations of key concepts like cleavage, gastrulation, and germ-layer formation.

  • Detailed overviews of multiple phyla and their distinctive embryonic patterns.

  • Discussion of how developmental processes relate to life cycles and evolution.

  • Contextual notes that reflect updates in the literature and scholarly debates of the era.



Ideal for readers pursuing foundational knowledge in invertebrate biology, embryology, or the history of science, and for those who appreciate thorough, methodical coverage of a complex topic.

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Reseña del editor

Excerpt from Text-Book of the Embryology of Invertebrates, Vol. 1

Since it has been our plan in writing the present work to proceed from the special to the general, and since naturally some time will elapse before the completion of the whole, we have thought that we should secure the gratitude of the reader if we published the first half of the special part at once. The second half of this part, embracing the Arthro pods, Molluscs, Molluscoidea, Tunicates, and Amphioxus, will appear shortly, while we hope to finish the general part, and therewith the whole book, in the course of the year 1890.

Not to begin the special part of this work too abruptly, we have prefaced it with a short general introduction.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Text-Book of the Embryology of Invertebrates, Vol. 1

The value of the Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Entwicklungsgeschichte der wirhellosen Thiere for students of animal morphology is too well understood by those who are familiar with its scope and execution to require any statement of our aims in undertaking an English translation of it.

In presenting to zoologists the First Part of this work we consider ourselves fortunate in having had the valuable aid of the authors in supplementing the original text by numerous additions, made desirable by the rapid advance of the science since the date of first publication. Although the scope of the work has permitted the addition of only the most succinct statement of the results reached by embryologists in the last five years, these additions must prove to be of assistance to all students, and will, we believe, be especially acceptable to those who are already familiar with the original edition.

In order to spare the reader the labor of comparing original and translation for the purpose of ascertaining what is new, the plan has been adopted of enclosing in brackets [ ] all new matter, which, so far as practicable, has been put in the form of footnotes. Each of these additions is followed by the initial of the author, or by the word "Translators," to indicate the persons responsible for the new matter. Owing to an oversight, the initial has been omitted from several of the additions in the earlier chapters. It should be stated, therefore, that, unless otherwise indicated, the additions to Chapters I.-III. were made by Professor Heider, those to Chapters IV.-XIV. by Professor Korschelt.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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