The Atlas of Chick Development - Hardcover

Bellairs, Ruth; Osmond, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0120847906 ISBN 13: 9780120847907

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 1998

Synopsis

The chick embryo has long occupied a special place among developmental biologists for both research and training. In recent years, its popularity has extended to molecular biologists, biochemists and geneticists because of its ready availablilty, short incubation period, and ease of handling. This book contains discussions of general chick development and details of the research techniques used. Features include: more than 90 photographs of serial sections taken by light microscopy; detailed labelling and accompanying diagrams; sections covering the period from immediately after fertilization until 13 days of incubation showing all the major anatomical events; plates of the embryo stained with alizarin and alcian blue to show skeletal development; and coverage of the development of the early embryo and the establishment of the organ systems.

About this title

Review

"In this much-awaited second edition, Ruth Bellairs and Mark Osmond provide the research community with an updated version of the only available publication dedicated to the chick embryo...an essential reference text for developmental biologists and geneticists who use the chick embryo as a research model. The atlas is also an excellent source for educators wishing to explore the chicken embryo in the teaching laboratory."
- Nicole A. Theodosiou, Bowdin College, in IN VITRO CELL DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

About the Author

BSc (hons) in Zooloy, University of Birmingham UK 1947

PhD in Zoology (Embryology), University of London 1951, supervised by Sir Gavin deBeer and Michael Abercrombie.

Apart from brief periods in Anatomy Department, Cambridge and Department of Biology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, academic posts have all been at UCL (University College London). Retired 1991 as Emeritus Professor in Embryology.

Research predominantly on early chick embryos concerned mainly with problems of tissue interaction, gastrulation and segmentation.

Founder member of Embryologists’ Club, the predecessor of BSDB (British Society of Developmental Biology). Served on several editorial boards, including JEEM (now Development) and Anatomy and Embryology.

Publications: approximately 120, including 2 books, 5 edited books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0120847906
• ISBN 13: 9780120847907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352