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ROMANOFF, A. L., 1960 — "The avian embryo, structural and functional 

 development" 



ROSTAND, J., 1958 — "Anomalies des Amphibiens anoures" 



SINNOTT, E. W., 1960 — "Plant morphogenesis" 



STRASSEN, O. zur, 1959 — "Neue Beitrage zur Entwicklungsmechanik der 

 Nematoden" 



VILLEE. C. A. (editor), 1959 — "Gestation" 



VORONTSOVA, M. A. and L. D. LIOSNER, 1960 — "Asexual propa- 

 gation and regeneration" 



WADDINGTON, C. H. (editor), 1959 — "Biological organisation, cellular 

 and sub-cellular" 



WALKER. J. and A. C. TURNBULL (editors), 1959 — "Oxygen supply 

 to the human fetus" 



WIGGLESWORTH, V. B., 1959 — "The control of growth and form, a 

 study of the epidermal cell in an insect" 



WOITKEWITSCH. A. A., 1959 — "Naturliche Mehrfachbildungen an 

 Froschextremitaten" 



WOLSTENHOLME, G. E. W. and C. M. O'CONNOR (editors), 1960 — 

 "Congenital malformations" 



"AN INTRODUCTION TO EMBRYOLOGY" 

 1960 

 by B. I. Balinsky W. B. Saunders Company 



562 pp., 291 figs. Philadelphia, London 



Price: $ 7.75 



The author of this book is one of the first writers who have aimed at 

 integrating descriptive and experimental embryology into one continuous text. 

 He has admirably succeeded in giving the student a real insight into embryo- 

 logy as a continuously developing science. 



A special feature distinguishing the book from other students' textbooks is 

 the treatment of such subjects as postembryonic development, regeneration, 

 metamorphosis, asexual reproduction ("blastogenesis"), and the role of genes 

 in development. Differentiation and growth and their correlations are treated 

 in 4 separate chapters. Further chapters of special interest are that devoted 

 to embryonic adaptations, and that dealing with morphogenetic processes in 

 epithelia and mesenchyme, which precedes the treatment of organogenesis 

 according to organ systems. 



The book is profusely illustrated. Oversimplified diagrams have been 

 avoided, and many figures are included from recent publications, which again 

 bring the student into contact with embryology as a living science. The 

 student's way to the original literature is facilitated by numerous references 

 in the text, which correspond with an extensive bibliography. The book is 

 concluded by an alphabetical index. Typographically the book has received 

 the greatest care. 



