Most books contain more or less continuous reports of the proceedings, some 

 almost verbal renderings, others more freely conceived accounts. Lists of 

 references either follow individual papers, or are given at the end of the book. 

 In two cases (nos. 5 and 6) only key references have been given. 



Much care has been devoted to the printing and binding of the books, and 

 the outcome forms a very attractive series, which will certainly find its way to 

 those embryologists who like to read lively and stimulating discussions of a 

 number of topics which are at present in the centre of interest. 



"PROBLEMY SOVREMENNOJ EMBRIOLOGII" 

 (Problems of contemporary embryology) 

 1956 

 Proc. Leningrad Published by the Leningrad 



Embryol. Conf. 1955 State University 



400 pp., many figs. 



This book is an extensive conference report, consisting of 62 papers. For 

 those who read Russian, it reflects the contemporary situation in the U.S.S.R. 

 in many fields of embryological research, with the emphasis on animal em- 

 bryology. 



The papers are arranged in the following sections: germ cells, fertilization 

 and early stages (12 papers, of which 6 botanical); embryonic histogenesis 

 (7 papers); developmental periodization (7 papers); embryology and evolution 

 (6 papers); physiology of development (7 papers); human and pathological 

 embryology (6 papers); embryonic immunity (8 papers); regeneration and 

 asexual reproduction (6 papers, of which 1 botanical). The last section is 

 devoted to more general considerations of the task of contemporary (especially 

 Soviet) embryology. 



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