A classic gets a new coauthor and a new approach: <em>Developmental Biology</em>, Eleventh Edition, keeps the excellent writing, accuracy, and enthusiasm of the Gilbert <em>Developmental Biology</em> book, streamlines it, adds innovative electronic supplements, and creates a new textbook for those teaching Developmental Biology to a new generation.<br /><br />Several new modes of teaching are employed in the new Gilbert and Barresi textbook. The videos explaining development--as well as those from Mary Tyler's <em>Vade Mecum</em>--are referenced throughout the book, and several other valuable new elements have been added.<br /><br /><strong>Additional updates include: </strong><br /><br />* An increased emphasis on stem cells, which are covered extensively and early in the book.<br />* Sex determination and gametogenesis, instead of being near the end of the volume, are up front, prior to fertilization.<br />* Greatly expanded coverage of neural development, comprising a unit unto itse
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