Project Gutenberg 2014-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 950 Balfour, Francis M. (Francis Maitland) 1851 1882 Balfour, Francis Maitland Foster, M. (Michael), Sir 1836 1907 Foster, Michael, Sir Foster, Sir Michael Sedgwick, Adam 1854 1913 The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) : $b A treatise on comparative embryology: Vertebrata Produced by Bryan Ness, Carol Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3" is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This volume completes Balfour's comprehensive treatise on Comparative Embryology, with a specific focus on the developmental history of Chordata, including detailed descriptions of various subgroups such as Cephalochorda, Urochorda, and Vertebrata. The text likely explores the intricate processes of organ development and embryonic structures, reflecting Balfour's contributions to the field of zoology and his extensive laboratory investigations. At the start of this volume, Balfour presents the foundational concepts of embryological development within Chordata, laying out an overview of the three main divisions in this classification. He introduces the structure and developmental characteristics of the Cephalochorda, using the example of Amphioxus to illustrate segmentation, invagination, and the formation of critical systems such as the central nervous system and notochord. The initial chapters discuss the stages of development, focusing on the organization of embryonic layers, which are crucial for understanding later developments in various vertebrate forms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45019/45019-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Zoology Embryology QL Text Category: Science - Biology 2656639 2025-08-18T09:08:08.136298 text/html 2587094 2014-02-25T19:42:26 text/html 10266519 2025-08-18T09:09:04.889015 application/epub+zip 10314320 2025-08-18T09:08:22.797182 application/epub+zip 814666 2025-08-18T09:08:15.455276 application/epub+zip 11172926 2025-08-18T09:09:27.878924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10772930 2025-08-18T09:08:52.839106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1325621 2022-09-20T14:33:17.845493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1890980 2025-08-18T09:07:58.037830 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1870920 2024-10-24T02:54:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17937 2025-08-18T09:09:28.158905 application/rdf+xml 4785 2025-08-18T09:08:16.122227 image/jpeg 1279 2025-08-18T09:08:15.868211 image/jpeg 16929520 2025-08-18T09:08:09.249323 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia