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Developmental Biology

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Atlas of Developmental Abnormalities in Common Laboratory Mammals
Searchable resource on congenital malformations.

Dynamics of Development
Includes embryology of zebrafish, amphibians, and sea urchins.

Embryo Images: Normal & Abnormal Mammalian Development (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Tutorial using scanning electron micrographs (SEMs) as the primary resource to teach mammalian embryology.

Virtual Human Embryo
"A digital image database of serially sectioned human embryos from the Carnegie Collection."
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology.
(QH491 .D94 2002 - Carrier Library)

Pictorial Human Embryology.
(QM602 .G55 1989 - Carrier Library)
Contains exquisite drawings of human embryology. Also illustrations of shark, frog, chick, and human embryos at a comparable stage.