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Embryology of Dolphins

Staging and Ageing of Embryos and Fetuses of Some Cetaceans

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  1. Oldřich Štěrba

    1. Department of Biology and Zoology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutic Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

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  2. Milan Klima

    1. Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Institut III, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  3. Bernd Schildger

    1. Tierpark Dählhölzli, Bern, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 157)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    • Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger
    Pages 1-8

  3. Aims of this Study

    • Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger
    Pages 9-9

  4. Material

    • Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger
    Pages 11-17

  5. Methods

    • Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger
    Pages 19-44

  6. Results

    • Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger
    Pages 45-121

  7. Discussion

    • Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger
    Pages 123-125

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 127-133
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The rapid development of molecular biology and genetics has led to renewed interest in embryology, comparative embryology, and studies of the relations between ontogeny and phylogeny. In fact, genes have been identified which are involved in the formation of shapes and structures, and it is becoming apparent that their primary morphological expressions are conspicuously similar in different species. The primarily identical shapes do not become diversified until advanced individualization of embryos, and it is here that it is possible to employ the knowledge of comparative embryology, the branch of science engaged in the study of the development and differentiation of tridimensional structures in different animal groups. However, comparative embryology has been neglected during the past decades, as its development has appeared to have been completed. In our opinion, the decreased interest in comparative embryology has been caused by the fact that often the time factor was not or could not be respected. In fact, in the case of embryos of wild animals even their ontogenetic age and sometimes the duration of intrauterine development are unknown.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology and Zoology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutic Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

    Oldřich Štěrba

  • Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Institut III, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Milan Klima

  • Tierpark Dählhölzli, Bern, Switzerland

    Bernd Schildger

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Embryology of Dolphins

  • Book Subtitle: Staging and Ageing of Embryos and Fetuses of Some Cetaceans

  • Authors: Oldřich Štěrba, Milan Klima, Bernd Schildger

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57297-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-67212-8Published: 16 November 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-57297-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 133

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Zoology, Cell Biology

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