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Developmental Biology

Author: Scott F. Gilbert
Publisher: Sinauer Associates, 2006, 785pp, 8th ed.

Introductory textbook emphasizing a core of developmental biology paradigms and principles. The Eighth Edition of Developmental Biology expands its coverage of the mechanisms of development, the roles that environmental factors play in development, the medical applications of our knowledge of development, and the roles that development plays in evolution. Written primarily for undergraduate biology majors, the textbook also serves to introduce graduate students and medical students to developmental biology.