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I Principles of Developmental Biology

1. Developmental Biology: The Anatomical Tradition

2. Life Cycles and the Evolution of Developmental Patterns

3. Principles of Experimental Embryology

4. The Genetic Core of Development

5. The Paradigm of Differential Gene Expression

6. Cell-Cell Communication in Development

II Early Embryonic Development

7. Fertilization: Beginning a New Organism

8. Early Development in Selected Invertebrates

9. The Genetics of Axis Specification in Drosophila

10. Early Development and Axis Formation in Amphibians

11. The Early Development of Vertebrates: Fish, Birds and Mammals

III Later Embryonic Development

12. The Emergence of the Ectoderm: Central Nervous System and Epidermis

13. Neural Crest Cells and Axonal Specificity

14. Paraxial and Intermediate Mesoderm

15. Lateral Plate Mesoderm and Endoderm

16. Development of the Tetrapod Limb

17. Sex Determination

18. Postembryonic Development: Metamorphosis, Regeneration, and Aging

19. The Saga of the Germ Line

IV Ramifications of Developmental Biology

20. An Overview of Plant Development

21. Medical Implications of Developmental Biology

22. Environmental Regulation of Animal Development

23. Developmental Mechanisms of Evolutionary Change

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