9781331964643 - Growth in Length: Embryological Essays (Classic Reprint) de Assheton, Richard (4 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the growth patterns of vertebrate embryos, particularly mammals and fish. It focuses on the concept of growth centers, tracing the historical development of the idea of a primary growth center through the addition of a secondary growth center. The author argues that this secondary growth center is the driving force behind the growth of the vertebral axis, and distinguishes between protogenetic and deuterogenetic growth centers. The text draws on several illustrative examples from across the animal kingdom, primarily fish and amphibians. Groundbreaking experiments in the 1800s on the development of fish embryos are examined. The book concludes that the theory of growth centers is critical to understanding vertebrate development and has implications for our understanding of metamerism and homology. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Condición: New. KlappentextrnrnExcerpt from Growth in Length: Embryological EssaysAlthough my husband had destined this work for publication, he had not actually prepared it for the press but the Lectures were typewritten and some corrections and notes.