The House Mouse

Contents: Introduction.- Materials and Methods.- Procedure.- One-Celled Egg (1-20 Hours).- Beginning of Segmentation (20-24 Hours).- Segmenting Egg (2 Days).- Advanced Segmentation (3 Days).- Blastocyst (4 Days).- Implantation (4 1/2 Days).- Formation of Egg Cylinder (5 Days).- Differentation of Egg Cylinder (6 Days).- Advanced Endometrial Reaction (6 1/2 Days).- Amnion (7 Days).- Neural Plate Presomite Stage (7 1/2 Days).- First Somites (8 Days).- Turning of the Embryo (8 1/2 Days).- Formation and Closure of Anterior Neuropore (9 Days).- Formation of Posterior Neuropore, Forelimb Bud (9 1/2 Days).- Closure of Posterior Neuropore, Hind Limb Bud and Tail Bud (10 Days).- Deep Lens Indentation (10 1/2 Days).- Closure of Lens Vesicle (11 Days).- Lens Vesicle Completely Separated from Surface (11 1/2 Days).- Earliest Sign of Fingers (12 Days).- Anterior Footplate Indented, Marked Pinna (13 Days).- Fingers Separate Distally (14 Days).- Toes Separate (15 Days).- Reposition of Umbical Hernia (16 Days).- Fingers and Toes Joined Together (17 Days).- Long Wiskers (18 Days).- Newborn Mouse (19 Days).- Postnatal Development.- Weight Curves.- Selected References.- Subject Index.