REPORTS FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 

 CONFERENCE SERIES, 1956 

 1958/1959 

 Paul Weiss The Univ. of Chicago Press 



organizer and general chairman 



"EMBRYONIC NUTRITION" (1958) Editor: Dorothea Rudnick 

 113 pp., 34 figs. Price: $3.25 



Embryonic energy exchange — Metabolic patterns in the sea-urchin embryo — Yolk 

 utilization in fishes — Antigens as tracers of embryonic synthesis — Nutrient necessities in 

 chick development — Enzymes: formation and growth. 



"REGENERATION IN VERTEBRATES" (1959) 



Editor: Ch. S. Thornton 

 108 pp., 30 figs., 2 pis. Price: $ 3.25 



Regeneration of the retina, iris, and lens — The development of mesodermal axial structures 

 in regeneration and embryogenesis — The cellular basis of limb regeneration — The influence 

 of nerves on regeneration — The role of hormones in regeneration — The effect of X-rays 

 on regenerative capacity. 



"CYTODIFFERENTIATION" (1958) Editor: Dorothea Rudnick 

 148 pp., 27 figs. Price: $ 3.75 



Cytodifferentiation and genie endowment — Chemical and morphological indices of cyto- 

 differentiation — Special instances of cytodifferentiation: myogenesis, fibrogenesis — The 

 internal milieu in cytodifferentiation — Cancer, growth, and cytodifferentiation. 



"ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON PRENATAL DEVELOP- 

 MENT" (1958) Editor: Beatrice Mintz 

 87 pp., 26 figs. Price: $ 3.00 



Experimental alteration of morphogenesis: medical and biological significance — Specificity 

 of teratogenic agents, of responding tissues, and of time of interaction — Extragenic factors 

 causing variations in development — Interaction between the early embryo and its environ- 

 ment — Multiplicity of effects of teratogenic agents — Nutritional requirements for morpho- 

 genesis; action of metabolic inhibitors — Interaction of areas of growth — Developmental 

 relationships and interactions in time and space. 



"IMMUNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT" (1958) 



Editor: Mac V. Edds, Jr. 

 58 pp. Price: $ 2.50 



Progressive transformations of individual molecular species — Essentialness of antigens in 

 growth and development — Localization and cytotoxicity — Acquired tolerance — Homografts 

 — Prolongation of graft survival — Effect of antisera on tumors — Effect of tissues and 

 antisera on normal tissue — Cell-surface reactions during development — Antigen-antibody 

 systems in invertebrates. 



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