This second volume of Francis M. Balfour's collected works presents his Treatise on Comparative Embryology, focused on the development of invertebrate animals. Written for students and researchers, it surveys embryonic forms and includes references to original sources. It offers a window into nineteenth-century zoology and the foundations of developmental biology.
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THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR. VOL. II. Memorial Edition. Cambridge: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AND SON, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. Memorial Edition. THE WORKS OF FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PROFESSOR OF ANIMAL MORPHOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
EDITED BY
M. FOSTER, F.R.S.,
PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;
AND
ADAM SEDGWICK, M.A.,
FELLOW AND LECTURER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
VOL. II.
A TREATISE ON COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY.
Vol. I. Invertebrata.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1885
[The Right of Translation is reserved.]
PREFACE.
My aim in writing this work has been to give such an account of the development of animal forms as may prove useful both to students and to those engaged in embryological research. The present volume, save in the introductory chapters, is limited to a description of the development of the Invertebrata: the second and concluding volume will deal with the Vertebrata, and with the special histories of the several organs.
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