Human Embryology and Developmental Biology (Paperback)

~ Bruce Carlson (Author)

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"This is an excellent introduction to classical human embryology from a mechanistic and molecular viewpoint. It fills an important niche at a time when medical educators are faced with a conundrum. The genetic basis of disease and development are becoming more stressed in medicine at the same time that there is decreased coverage of classical embryology in the undergraduate medical curriculum, where it has been subjugated to a few lectures in most anatomy courses. The speed of change in the growing field of molecular and developmental biology warrants this revised and updated version. Overall, it improves upon the third edition it replaces, with improved artwork and the new approach to the development of the head that dental students will find very useful." - Mark Jaffe, DPM, MHSA (Nova Southeastern University), from Doody's Reviews

 

"This is an excellent content bridge between anatomy and clinical practice: the vignettes are great and the images from the book are available online and downloadable as slides. It could become a best seller as its content and presentation are excellent, and the web-based support is very good."
BMA Book Awards 2009 - judges comments

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Book Description

A well-organized, straightforward guide to a very complex subject --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: C.V. Mosby; 3rd edition (February 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323014879
• ISBN-13: 978-0323014878
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,113,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best embryology book, January 21, 2005

By	A. Estrada "Rafael Estrada" (Mexico city, Mexico.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Human Embryology & Developmental Biology (Paperback)

I use the book to my embryology class and I have to say that is the best book of embryology I find. The contents are very up-date, and handle much information of the molecular basis of the development and the genes that are expressed in every step of the human development. The book have a very good redaction and the gene information of the book is the best one. It's a very up-dated book.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It is a good basic book in developmental biology., March 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Human Embryology & Developmental Biology (Paperback)

Carlson's "Human embriology and developmental biology" is a good book for biology and, most of all, medicine students, who want to understand the basical principles of development. It doesn't have a lot of developmental anatomy, but it explains clearly and simply the ultimate advances in experimental embriology. If you are for the first time studying developmental biology, you should read it. It also contains at the end of each chapter a lot references, which will help you if you want to learn more about any specific topic.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars so-so, May 23, 2007

By	MS "schwml688" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I teach developmental biology and study invertbrate devlopment and evolution. For my course I use Scott Gilbert's excellent text and teach my course as a general introduction. I just became pregnant and purchased this book to exapand my knowledge on human development.

I'm rather disppointed. It's not detailed enough and while the illustrations are nice, there are several diagrams that illustrate paracrine factor targets but are never mentioned in the text or explained. why diagram them then? Even more disturbing is a underlying teological bias that many intelligent designers would salivate over reading. For instance page 209 "a master blue print" is used to describe the interactions of several tissue types to form the limbs. It's disturbing to think that our MD's might be using this text for their human embryology courses- its a very basic pass frought with poor word choices that would satisfy any creationist.