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section, the student will encounter difficulties in visualizing the developmental 

 processes, on account of the lack of good illustrations. 



Literature references are not given. The book is concluded by a subject 

 index. 



"SEX DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPMENT" 



1960 

 Editor: C. R. Austin Cambridge University Press 



(Memoirs of the Society of Price: 45 s. 



Endocrinology, no. 7) 

 198 pp., 15 figs., 9 pis. 



This is a report of a symposium held in London in 1958. The symposium 

 had 38 participants, the majority being British scientists. The report consists of 

 1 6 papers, each followed by a bibliography, and most of them by a short group 

 discussion. Much of the assembled information has not been published 

 previously. 



The subject is treated in a comparative way, with the adduction of data 

 from many classes of animals, and from the bacteria. The principal topics are: 

 mechanisms of sex determination, differentiation of germ cells, manifestations 

 of sex (including sexual behaviour), and sexual anomalies in man. 



The book contains a hmited number of good illustrations. It is concluded by 

 animal name and subject indexes. 



Authors oi papers: Amoroso (London), Beatty (Edinburgh), Bishop, M.W.H. (London), 

 Bishop, P.M.F. (London), Butler (Harpenden, Herts), Carhsle (Plymouth), Dodd (St. An- 

 drews), Ferguson-Smith (Glasgow), Hayes (London), Hoffenberg (Cape Town), Jackson 

 (Cape Town), Jost (Paris), Klein (Strasbourg), Lennox (Glasgow), Lessof (London), Lewin 

 (London), Mack (Glasgow), McWhirter (Oxford), Matthews (London), Parkes (London), 

 Parrott (London), Polani (London), Stewart (Glasgow), Zuckerman (Birmingham). 



.THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT" 



1960 

 by J. Brachet Pergamon Press Ltd. 



(International Series of Monographs on London, Oxford, New York, Paris 

 Pure and Applied Biology; Modern Price: 65 s. 



Trends in Physiological Sciences 

 Division, Vol. 2) 

 320 pp., 133 figs. 



The present monograph may be regarded as a supplement to the author's 

 "Chemical Embryology" (1950). It is not meant as an exhaustive treatise, but 

 only as an introduction into the recent advances made in the field, particularly 

 useful for advanced students and teachers. The general plan of the book 

 follows that of "Chemical Embryology". Recent findings made with the 

 electron microscope are incorporated, but morphogenesis in unicellular orga- 

 nisms and plants have been left out on account of size limitations. No attempt 

 has been made to cover the whole literature. The book contains numerous 

 drawings, graphs and photomicrographs. It is concluded by author and subject 

 indexes. 



