Includes references and index.

"The organization of the book reflects the union of classical and modern ways of analysis in contemporary development biology. Part one emphasizes classical methods of analysis and covers the series of embryonic stages from gametogenesis to histogenesis. Interspersed are basic conceptual topics such as nuclear totipotency, cell determination, cytoplasmic localization, induction, and morphogenesis. Part two introduces the genetic and molecular analysis of development, beginning with a chapter on the use of mutants, DNA cloning, and transgenic organisms. Subsequent chapters explain the concept of differential gene expression with the goal of understanding how the genomic information is used to build a three-dimensional organism that unfolds in time."

English text.