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The second volume contains the sections d) "Biology o[ sperm and ova, 

 [ertilization, implantation, the placenta, and pregnancy" with contributions 

 by D. W. Bishop. R. J. Blandau, G. B. Wislocki, Miss H. Padykula and 

 M. X. Zarrow; e) "Physiology of reproduction in submammalian vertebrates" 

 with contributions by Th. R. Forbes and A. van Tienhoven; f) "Hormonal 

 regulation o[ reproductive behavior" with contributions by W. C. Young, A. 

 M. Guhl D. S. Lehrman, J. W. Money, J. L. Hampson. Mrs. J. G. Hampsoji 

 and Miss M. Mead. 



This very important work gives extensive references at the end of each 

 chapter and a complete author and subject index at the end of the second 

 volume (35 and 92 pages respectively). The work is very well printed and 

 illustrated with numerous drawings and photographs. 



39. "GROWTH IN LIVING SYSTEMS" 



1961 

 Editors: M. X. Zarrow et al. Basic Books, Inc. 



759 pp., 252 figs., 67 tbs. New York 



Price: $ 15.00 



This book contains all the papers delivered at an international symposium 

 held at Purdue University in June, 1960. The symposium covered growth in 

 its widest sense, including the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels, and 

 the influence of the environment and of the genetic material. Of the 35 contri- 

 butors the large majority were from the United States. The 33 contributions 

 are arranged in three sections, headed respectively "Molecules, viruses, and 

 bacteria", "Cells, tissues, and organisms", and "Plant growth and plant com- 

 munities". The first two papers in section I ("Macromolecules and natural 

 selection" by Crick, Cambridge; and "The synthesis of proteins" by Hoag- 

 land. Harvard Univ., Mass.), and all 14 papers in section II (by Brachet, 

 Brussels; Drill, Chicago, 111.; Hammond, Cambridge; Jukes, New York; Keys, 

 Univ. of Minn.; Knobil, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mazia, Berkeley, Calif.; Moscona, 

 Chicago, 111.; Pincus, Shrewsbury, Mass.; Puck, Denver, Colo.; Salpeter, Cor- 

 nell Univ., N.Y.; Singer, Cornell Univ., N.Y.; Sussman, Waltham, Mass.; 

 Williams, Harvard Univ., Mass.; Zeuthen, Copenhagen) are of direct signifi- 

 cance to developmental biologists. Also in section III there are a few papers 

 (by Bonner, Pasadena, Calif.; Steward, Cornell Univ., N.Y.; Wardlaw, Man- 

 chester; and Went, St. Louis, Mo.) which may be of interest. 



The book is adequately illustrated. It contains a glossary and a combined 

 author and subject index. 



40. "PHYSIOLOGY OF THE WATER METABOLISM IN 



EMBRYOS OF BONY FISHES AND STURGEONS" 



1961 



by A. I. Zotin Izdateltsvo Akademia Nauk S.S.S.R. 



320 pp., 75 figs., 58 tbs. Moskva 



This book is written in Russian and is announced by title only. 



The book is illustrated with line drawings and photographs. The biblio- 

 graphy covers 31 pages and is up-to-date. Ten pages are devoted to Russian 

 papers. 



