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 | | Developmental Biology by Scott F. Gilbert ISBN-10: 9780878932498 ISBN-10: 0-87893-249-6 ISBN-13: 9780878932498 ISBN-13: 978-0-87893-249-8 Hardcover 1994-04 Sinauer Associates Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Fully updated and revised introduction to the phenomena of animal development. It provides a comprehensive account of the molecular and cellular concepts of the development while placing them in the framework of the developing embryo. | ||
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satisfactory I'm a college student and bought this book for my developmental biology class. I thought this was a satisfactory book. I completely agree with the reviewer steven viscido; the book does, in fact, puts an extraordinary emphasis on details, but it does elaborate somewhat on concepts but not to the extent that it covers on details. In the beginning of each chapter, the first few pages mention sufficient general information of that topic and then the rest is details. I don't really mind if there is too much detail (because thats what biology is all about), but the real issue I have is that sometimes when you are reading the book, you would get "lost" in whatever topic you are reading. As an anology, its like going into a forest that has trees with branches, and focusing too much on the branches would make you unconscious of the tree and if there is too much focus on the tree you would forget that you are in the forest. A similar type of thing in this book. It does take an extra amount of will power to memorize all the details such as the proteins involved, stages, experiments, processes, etc. in every chapter. Nevertheless, I'm very much satisfied with this book, I learned a lot of wonderful things. I wanted to give this a 3.5 stars but unfortunately amazon won't let me. | ||
good quality good quality, brand new book with VCD fast delivery, also cost me much less than buying from some other book stores. | ||
very good! This is an excellent textbook for undergrad or grad students who are beginner or intermediate in the field, or a neat reference book for grad students and postdocs. | ||
Just what I ordered Seller said it was lightly used and it was. Just what I expected/thought I was buying. Shipped quickly. | ||
Good Intro to Developmental Biology This was a required text for my graduate Developmental Molecular Genetics course at UCI. This book provided sufficient background so I could keep up and understand the assigned scientific journal articles. The way the textbook reads is more for an undergraduate course but if you never had such an opportunity this will keep you up to speed for graduate coursework. Overall the way it reads can sometimes be annoying as the author will put too many details. However, this is exactly what anyone going into graduate school should be ready for- scientific articles read the same way if not worse. As stated is a good intro to the material and will provide the tools to read journal articles. | ||