Includes bibliographical references.

Xenopus gametes -- Fertilization -- Cleavage -- Gastrulation -- Neurulation -- Organogenesis -- One-day-old embryo -- Two-day-old larva -- Three-day-old larva -- Five-day-old larva -- Microscopy techniques -- Index for figures. "Developmental biology attracts scientists from many different areas of biology, and the amphibian Xenopus holds a special place among the organisms studied as a model of vertebrate development." "With its synthesizing approach and its generous provision of beautiful scanning, transmission and light microscopy images, this unique volume will be a standard reference not only for developmental biologists but for all students of embryology, histology, and comparative anatomy."--BOOK JACKET.