Product Description

In addition to exploring the organismal, cellular and molecular aspects of animal development, the 6th edition of "Developmental Biology" expands its coverage of both the environmental regulation of developmental and evolutionary biology. New features include full-colour illustrations, references, indexes (subject, author and website) and chapter summaries. An associated website [http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/index.html] is cross-referenced throughout the text, providing more information for advanced students, historical, philosophical and ethical perspectives on issues in developmental biology, movies, interviews, web links and updates. There is an accompanying CD-ROM which takes the student through the developmental cycles of a number of the model organisms used in developmental biology and illustrates techniques used in studying these organisms. Features include over 130 interative videos and 300 labelled photographs, study questions, web links and numerous "how to" sections giving instructions on experimental techniques.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #102245 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 709 pages

Kristian Prydz, Journal of Cell Science
'This latest edition of Developmental Biology by Gilbert is anything but a routine 'yet another' edition: it is fresh.'

The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists (on the fifth edition)
'This is undoubtedly the best developmental biology text for final year undergraduates and graduate students.'

Kristian Prydz, Journal of Cell Science
‘…Gilbert has a remarkable capacity to synthesize new developments (including this year's findings) into new concepts, rather then simply summarizing primary research publications...'

Customer Reviews

excellent all-round review of development inc. genetics.
Chapter by chapter explanations of the whole of development - other books (wolpert) are also very good but don't necessarily cover as much, although obviously this book does not cover everything to huge depth either, it is still perhaps better than others. When I was an undergraduate student this was the recommended text book (an earlier edition), now that I'm working as a post graduate in a lab we have the most recent edition and find it to be superb for referencing matters that we don't know much about. The book covers all the major model organisms with reasonable clarity and is pretty good for distinguishing what really is known and what is/was speculation. Strongly recommend.

listed as a second-hand book, but it is quite new and in a good condition. Very helpful for beginner of developmental biology.
listed as a second-hand book, but it is quite new and in a good condition. Very helpful for beginner of developmental biology. though it is not the newest version, the price is reasonable