Includes bibliographic references.1 v. (various foliations) : ill. ; 30 cm.Details the results of in vivo and in vitro studies into the effects of zinc deficiency, hypervitaminosis A, alcohol, nicotine and salicyclic acid, at the morphological and ultrastructural levels in the developing embryo.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anatomy and Histology, 199