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Principles of Development 3rd Edition

by Lewis Wolpert (Author), Jim Smith (Author), Tom Jessell (Author),
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Completely updated and revised in a new edition, Principles of Development presents major principles and concepts in the field for an undergraduate audience. Emphasizing gene control as the key to understanding development, the third edition is written in accessible prose, utilizing an impressive art program - 650 full color figures - as well as summaries and diagrams throughout the text to illuminate conceptually challenging material. In addition, the third edition presents carefully selected articles for further reading that expound on principles covered in the text.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0199275378
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0199275373
  3. Edition
    3rd
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    August 9, 2006
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8 x 1.25 x 10.5 inches
  8. Print length
    576 pages
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`Review from previous edition Wolpert is great as the first text students get on this subject...It is concise and clear, and excellent for getting those principles over without too much detail.' Reading University`I like the fact that Wolpert illustrates well all the principles of developmental biology and gives my students the background to read and understand research articles and at the same time does not cover all the fine details where the students can get lost and fail to learn the basic principles of developmental biology. This is one of my principal reasons for choosing the Wolpert textbook as the primary textbook in my course. ' California State University

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The Third Edition features an extensive art program, online student resource center, and more.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 3rd edition (August 9, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199275378
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199275373
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.25 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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ebbeysweets
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2016
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It serves it's purpose!
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Hails44
5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood Development
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020
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Highly Utilized For Genetics
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Mitchell C. Harris
2.0 out of 5 stars dreadful to read
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2010
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I'm using this book for a development class at UC Irvine and it is truly dreadful to read. I'm a straight A student and I'm really struggling to find any meaning in this book. The information is all there but it's jumbled up and seemingly contradictory to the point that it's almost useless. I gave up reading the book... I'm just using the lecture slides. Don't waste your money... the book won't help you for your class.
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Jenny
3.0 out of 5 stars good material, poor organization
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2010
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This book switches back and forth between model organisms too much; it would be better if there were a chapter on each of the 4 major model organisms and subsections about each stage of development.
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Alisdair Philp
4.0 out of 5 stars review from lecturer
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2008
i used this book for some lectures i taught second year undergrads in a biology dept at a big uni ... it is a tad expensive (like all text books) and i would probably try to pick it up used to be honest.. (the development text books don't change that much year to year ..) and in the usa the undergrads are not expected to be using primary research papers by the second year... all in all a good book of its type.
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Christopher H
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2009
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As far as basic developmental biology books go, this one's one of the better that I've seen. Highly recommended to anyone in the fields of biology or biochemistry with an interest in how life first begins to develop.
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Amazonia
1.0 out of 5 stars HORRIBLE TEXTBOOK!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2010
I used this book for my development class, and honestly, it was one of the WORST biology books I have ever used, if not the worst. The textbook is incredibly boring and it does not explain any topics well at all. If you have to use this book for a course, I suggest that you get some type of study guide that will help you in this subject because this book will not help you. If I could give this book 0 stars, I would. Horribly written!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Textbook
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2000
Wolpert's developmental biology textbook is evidently an excellent text in its field. The authors are all well recognized in thier research areas. The organization of the text is also very well written. The summary of the concept presented at the end of each chapter is helpful. The figures presented througout the text are clear and the language used to explain them is simple but very understandable. Compared with the well-known Gilbert's text, this text may be less in dept but you can get the concept from this book for only half of the time reading Gilbert's. It is a nice book to have both for the new beginner in the field and for just a quick reference.
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