VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT (general) (see also 40) 



Textbooks 



26. 



R.M.EAKIN. 1978. VERTEBRATE EMBRYOLOGY: a laboratory manual. 3rd edit. 

 Univ. of Calif. Press, Berkeley, etc. XII, 269 pp., 77 figs., subject index. 

 $ 5.65, £ 4.00 (paper) 



This manual, first published in 1947 and revised in 1964 and 1971, is so 

 well known that it suffices to announce this new edition briefly. A substan- 

 tial revision had been planned but pressure of time has restricted the al- 

 terations to minor ones. This means that the 40-odd books listed at the end 

 are now at least ten years old, while some are much older and some later 

 editions are not listed. 



27. 



R.L.WATTERSON, G . C . SCHOENWOLF and R.M.SWEENEY. 1979. LABORATORY STUDIES OF 



CHICK, PIG, AND FROG EMBRYOS. 4th edit. 



Burgess, Minneapolis. VI, 162 pp., 21 figs., 41 pis., subject index. $ 9.95 



(paper) 



This new edition of a popular manual has been condensed as far as the text 

 is concerned, but the basic plan has remained the same. Several new text 

 figures have been added. The section on early frog development has been ex- 

 panded, so that the student can now use it as a starting point in place of 

 the 3 3 -hour chick embryo. 



Monographs 



28. 



O.NAKAMURA and S.TOIVONEN, eds. 1978. ORGANIZER, a milestone of a half-cen- 

 tury from Spemann 



Elsevier/North-Holland, Amsterdam, etc. XVIII, 379 pp., HI figs., 11 tabs., 

 subject index. Dfl. 166.00, $ 74.00 



O.NAKAMURA and I.KAWAKAMI, eds. 1977. ORGANIZER (in Japanese) 

 Misuzu Shobo, Tokyo. X,342 pp., 130 figs., 21 tabs. Yen 4800 



Contents: 1. A half -century from Spemann - Historical review of studies on 

 the organizer (Nakamura, Hayashi, Asashima) ; 2. Dynamics of the organizer, 

 A. Morphogenetic movements and specificities in induction and differentia- 

 tion of the organizer (Takaya) , B. New findings on the regionality and 

 morphogenetic movement of the organizer (Hama) ; 3. Chemical approach to the 

 inducing agents (Tiedemann) ; 4. Regionalization of the embryo (Toivonen) ; 

 5. Competence (Kawakami, Sasaki); 6. Epigenetic formation of the organizer 

 (Nakamura); 7. "Spemann' s organizer" in birds (Hara) ; 8. Primary induction 

 in cyclostomes and prochordates (Takata, Hama); 9. Molecular-biological 

 and cytochemical aspects of embryonic induction, A. A review of recent 

 studies (Asao, Nakamura), B. Primary induction in retrospect and prospect 

 (Yamada) ; 10. Concluding remarks - Primary embryonic induction: an unsolved 

 problem (Saxen, Toivonen, Nakamura) 



The field of studies on the organiser has been an active one in Japan up 

 to the present day. This book first appeared in Japanese early in 1977 and 

 the large majority of its authors are Japanese, even though some no longer 

 work in Japan. The English edition will be welcomed by many embryologists, 

 particularly because it points just as much to the future as to the past. 

 Chs. 1, 7 and 8 appear as they were in the Japanese edition and consequent- 

 ly do not cover the literature after about 1974/75. Most of the other chap- 

 ters were rewritten and partially updated for the present edition. Ch.l 



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