Product Description

"Developmental Biology", seventh edition and on contemporary developmental biology is written primarily for second and final year undergraduate students of biology but will also be useful for introducing graduate students and medical students to developmental biology. In addition to exploring and synthesizing the organismal, cellular and molecular aspects of animal development, the seventh edition expands its coverage of the medical, environmental, and evolutionary aspects of developmental biology. A Vade Mecum CD-ROM (ISBN 0 87893 259 X) is included with every copy of the book. This updated version now also includes Mary Tyler's new laboratory manual, "Developmental Biology: A Guide for Experimental Study", third edition, and now in electronic (PDF) format. The website at www.devbio.com is completely updated and cross-referenced throughout the textbook. Lecturer supplements include: "Instructor's Resource CD" (ISBN 0 87893 259 3) which contains all the figures from the textbook, and 200 overhead transparencies (ISBN 0 87893 260 7).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #303674 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 838 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.