At least two thirds of the papers are of interest to developmental biolo- 

 gists. Among these are five papers on hormone-induced oocyte maturation in 

 invertebrates and Xenopus , and four papers on fertilisation and activation 

 in invertebrates and mammals. 



The papers have not been edited. They are reproduced from typescripts and 

 many are well illustrated. 



C.O.JACOBSON and T.EBENDAL, eds. 1978. FORMSHAPING MOVEMENTS IN NEUROGENESIS 

 Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 257 pp., 177 figs., 8 tabs., index to contrib- 

 utors. SwKr. 180.00 



This book arose out of a symposium held in Uppsala, Sweden in September 

 1977 and was also published as vol.6 of the journal Zoon. The title is mis- 

 leading, since only four or five of the 31 papers conform to what embryolo- 

 gists understand by formshaping movements in the strict sense. On the other 

 hand, at least 20 papers are of interest to morphogeneticists generally, and 

 several others to developmental neurobiologists as well. The key words here 

 are cell interaction and cell surface. Some papers do not deal with nerve 

 cells at all but are of significance in their own right. Many of the authors 

 are acknowledged leaders in their respective fields, from many different 

 countries. 



The papers are brief to medium-length research reports or reviews of re- 

 cent results. The range of subjects covered is so broad as to defy a sum- 

 ming-up. No editorial effort has been made to give the book more structure, 

 but perhaps this should have been done during the planning of the symposium. 



The book is extremely well produced and illustrated. 



81. 



K.W.KASTRUP and J.H.NIELSEN, eds. 1978. GROWTH FACTORS: Cellular growth pro- 

 cesses; Growth factors; hormonal control of growth 



Pergamon, Oxford, etc. Proc. 11th FEBS meeting vol.48. VIII, 119 pp., 

 40 figs., 14 tabs., subject index. $ 16.00 



Contributors: Ballmer, Froesch, Fryklund, Gibson, Gregory, Hall, Hogue- 

 Angeletti, Hovi, Humbel, Janne, Trygstad, Velle, von der Mark, Zapf 



This is the report of a colloquium held in Copenhagen, Denmark some time 

 in 1977. There were three contributors from Switzerland, two each from three 

 Scandinavian countries, and four from other countries including the U.S.A. 

 The thoughtful 4-page introduction is by Froesch. One paper deals with 

 chondrogenesis rather than growth. 



The 13 contributions are mostly medium-length progress reports consisting 

 of review and research material in varying proportions. All of them are 

 strongly biochemically oriented. The following factors and hormones pass in 

 review: purine nucleotides, polyamines, NSILA (= IGF) , somatomedins, urogas- 

 trone, EGF , growth hormone, NGF , thyroid hormones, and sexual hormones. 



The volume, though reproduced from typescripts, is handsomely turned out. 



82. 



RED CELL DIFFERENTIATION; Diamond-Blackf an and hypoplastic anemias. 1978. 

 Springer, Berlin, etc. Blood Cells vol.4, 1/2. 367 pp., 118 figs., 30 tabs. 



Contents: l. Models and concepts of stem cell regulation (5 papers), II. 

 Normal differentiation of erythrocytes (5) , III. Erythroid differentiation 

 in Friend leukemia (2) , IV. Diamond-Blackf an and experimental hypoplastic 

 anemia (5), V. Free communications (6) 



This symposium was held in September 1977 in San Francisco, Cal. The 17 

 papers in the main part are by specialists from the U.S.A. and various other 



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