Talk:Book - Comparative Embryology of the Vertebrates

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Contents

Part I - The Period of Preparation

1 . The Testis and Its Relation to Reproduction 3

2. The Vertebrate Ovary and Its Relation to Reproduction 52

3. The Development of the Gametes or Sex Cells 112

Part II - The Period of Fertilization

4. Transportation of the Gametes (Sperm and Egg) from the Germ Glands to the Site where Fertilization Normally Occurs 177

5. Fertilization 210

Part III - The Development of Primitive Embryonic Form

6. Cleavage (Segmentation) and Blastulation 279

7. The Chordate Blastula and Its Significance 340

8. The Late Blastula in Relation to Certain Innate Physiological Conditions: Twinning 373

9. Gastrulation 388

10. Tubulation and Extension of the Major Organ-forming Areas: Development of Primitive Body Form 454

11. Basic Features of Vertebrate Morphogenesis 516

Part IV - Histogenesis and Morphogenesis of the Organ Systems

12. Structure and Development of the Integumentary System 555

13. Structure and Development of the Digestive System 596

14. Development of the Respiratory-buoyancy System 634

15. The Skeletal System 653

16. The Muscular System 699

17. The Circulatory System 724

18. The Excretory and Reproductive System 768

19. The Nervous System 805

20. The Development of Coelomic Cavities 857

21. The Developing Endocrine Glands and Their Possible Relation to Definitive Body Formation and the Differentiation of Sex 874

Part V - The Care of the Developing Embryo

22. Care and Nourishment of the Developing Young 899