The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology

Key differences between 10th and 9th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 4 years (2015 vs 2011).
• The book was originally published in 1973.
• The Tenth Edition of The Developing Human provides more clinically oriented material than previous editions.
• New material on recombinant DNA biotechnology and stem-cell technology.
• New and updated topics in the 10th Edition:
• Chapter 1: Human biokinetic embryology
• Chapter 2: Sequence of events in fertilization
• Chapter 6: Noninvasive prenatal screening for trisomies 21
• Chapter 7:
• Placenta as an allograft, a tissue graft between two genetically non- identical individuals. Elucidates what protects the placenta from rejection by the mother's immune system.
• Three stages of labor
• Chapter 21: MicroRNAs, a novel class of small, non-coding endogenous RNAs that regulate gene expression.