for embryology and morphogenesis (F. C. Steward et ah); Genetic and variegation mosaics in 

 the eye of Drohophila (H. J. Becker); Biochemical control of erythroid cell development 

 (E. Goldwasser); Development of mammalian erythroid cells (P. A. Marks et al.)\ Genetic 

 aspects of skin and limb development (P. F. Goetinck). 



Contents vol. 2: The control of protein synthesis in embryonic development and differentiation 

 (P. R. Gross); The genes for ribosomal RNA and their transcription during amphibian develop- 

 ment (D. D. Brown); Ribosome and enzyme changes during maturation and germination of 

 castor bean seed (E. Marre); Contact and short-range interactions affecting growth of animal 

 cells in culture (M. Stoker); An analysis of the mechanism of neoplastic cell transformation by 

 polyoma virus, hydrocarbons, and x-irradiation (L. Sachs); Differentiation of connective tissues 

 (F. K. Thorp et al.); The IgA antibody system (M. A. South et al.); Teratocarcinoma: model for 

 a developmental concept of cancer (G. B. Pierce); Cellular and subcellular events in Wolffian 

 lens regeneration (T. Yamada) 



In the preface to the first volume of this new serial publication the editors 

 explain its aim and editorial policy. The primary aim is to bridge the "inter- 

 disciplinary communication gap" which exists between embryologists and non- 

 embryologists such as biochemists, virologists, molecular biologists, and 

 geneticists. These yearly volumes will therefore be devoted exclusively to brief 

 topical reviews on sharply delimited subjects with emphasis on regulatory 

 mechanisms at the molecular, biochemical, cellular, and histological levels. All 

 contributions are solicited by the editors. There is an advisory board consisting 

 partly of embryologists, and partly of other specialists in the fields mentioned 

 above. 



On comparison with "Advances in Morphogenesis", a similar serial publication 

 from the same publishing house, which is now in its seventh year, the difference 

 is at once apparent. It lies both in the stress on regulatory mechanisms, as defined 

 above, and in the length of the contributions, which is less in the new publication, 

 averaging about 30 pages. 



It is not necessary to enumerate the 18 contributions in these two volumes. The 

 wide scope and coverage will be apparent from the tables of contents above. 



The books are well-printed and well-ilustrated and are concluded by author 

 and subject indexes. 



26 BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE AVIAN EMBRYO 



A quantitative analysis of prenatal development 

 1967 



By A. L. Romanoff Interscience Publishers 



416 pp., 103 figs., 49 tbs. John Wiley & Sons 



New York - London - Sydney 

 Price: 185 s. 



Contents: 1. Chemistry of the whole embryo; 2. Chemistry of the embryonic organ tissues; 

 3. Chemistry of the embryonic blood; 4. Chemistry of the extraembryonic membranes; 5. Chemistry 

 of the nonembryonic portions of the egg; 6. Gross metabolic changes within the egg; 7. Pattern 

 of prenatal chemical growth; 8. Bio-energetics of the developing egg; 9. Physicochemical pheno- 

 mena of the egg contents. 



This compilatory monograph may be regarded as a companion volume to two 

 earher books by the same author, "The avian egg" (1949) and "The avian 

 embryo" (I960). It is a condensed reference book, the preparation of which has 

 entailed close examination of more than 5.000 publications. About 600 of these 

 are included in the bibliography, while many more are given in various tables. 



Nearly all of the chemical data compiled in this book of course pertain to the 



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