Experimental Studies of Amphibian Development

Although this is basically a translation of the second German edition published in 1970, more recent experimental findings have, in several instances, been incorporated into the text. Furthermore, we have tried to explain some of the experiments, and their possible interpretations, in a more precise...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hadorn, E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1974, 1974
Edition:1st ed. 1974
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Egg Laying and Provision for Posterity
  • A Hormone as Trigger of Egg Laying
  • The Egg Underway
  • Fertilization of the Egg
  • Fatherless and Motherless Beings
  • Does the. Nucleus Have a Monopoly on Inheritance?..
  • Functions of the Genetic Material during Oocyte Maturation
  • From One Cell to Many
  • Formative Movements
  • Toward Order and Pattern: Cells on the Move
  • Experimental Production of Identical Twins
  • Exchanging Future Skin and Brain Cells
  • The “Organizer”
  • On the Mechanism of Embryonic Induction
  • Lens Induction and Hierarchy of Inducers
  • A Newt with a Frog’s Mouth
  • Double-headed Beings and Other Monsters
  • Chimeras, Parabiosis and Sexual Development
  • The Male Toad as Mother
  • On the Migration of the Primordial Germ Cells
  • Color Pattern and Color Change
  • On Wound Healing and Regeneration
  • Hormones and Metamorphosis
  • Suggestions for Further Reading