to be convenient. It is illustrated mainly with a large number of good original 

 photographs, including numerous radiographs and angiographs. The biblio- 

 graphy is extensive and the subject index adequate. The book is well-produced, 

 but contains rather many printing errors, not all of them covered by the short 

 list of errata added later. 



31 THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT 



Vol. II: Biochemical control mechanisms and adaptations in development 



1967 



Editor: R. Weber Academic Press 



495 pp., 116 figs. ,28 tbs. New York - London 



Price: $21.— 



Contributors: Chen (Zurich), Fisher (Tallahassee, Fla.), Flickinger (Buffalo, N.Y.), Papa- 

 constantinou (Storrs, Conn.), Tiedemann (Wilhelmshaven), Villee (Boston, Mass.), Weber 

 (Bern), Williams (Cambridge), Witschi (Basel) 



This is the second volume of a collaborative treatise, the first volume of which 

 was reviewed in General Embryological Information Service, Suppl. 11, 1966, 

 p. 19. Whereas the first volume was concerned with descriptive biochemistry, 

 the present volume deals with biochemical control mechanisms in development, 

 and with biochemical adaptations in embryos. These two fields are covered in the 

 two parts of the book. As in the first volume, much emphasis is placed on the 

 relations between structure and chemistry, an emphasis which provides a link 

 with classical experimental embryology. 



Part one contains chapters on primary induction and determination (Tiede- 

 mann), on metabolic control of growth and differentiation (Papaconstantinou), 

 on nucleo-cytoplasmic interactions (Chen), on sex differentiation (Witschi), 

 on amphibian metamorphosis (Weber), and on regeneration (Flickinger). Part 

 two consists of chapters on yolk utilization (Williams), on the placenta (Villee), 

 and on nitrogen metabolism and excretion (Fisher). 



The book is well-produced and well-illustrated. It is concluded by extensive 

 taxonomic, author, and subject indexes. 



32 METHODS IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 



1967 



Editors: F. H. Wilt and N. K. Wessells Thomas Y. Crowell Cy. 



General Editor: J. P. Trinkaus New York 



813 pp., 135 figs., 53 tbs. Student price: $ 18.— 



Contents: I. Systems: procurement, maintenance, and use: The mouse. Avian developmental 

 genetics. Frogs, African clawed frogs, Urodeles, Medaka, Fundulus. Annual fishes, Echinoderms, 

 Marine annelids: Sabellaria, Echiuroid worms: Urechis, Cecropia, The honeybee embryo, 

 Drosophila, Rotifers, Coelenterates, Sponges, Early-flowering plants. Aquatic vascular plants, 

 Ferns, Mosses and liverworts. Aquatic fungi. Cellular slime molds; II. Culture methods: Mamma- 

 lian embryo culture. Avian embryo culture. Plant embryo culture, Excised root culture. Shoot and 

 leaf organ culture. Avian and mammalian organ culture. Grafting of embryonic rudiments. 

 In vivo chamber culture technique. In vivo culture of Drosophila imaginal discs. Cell 

 culture and cloning techniques. Amphibian cell culture, organ culture, and tissue dissociation. 

 Insect tissue culture. Plant cell and tissue culture, Avian and mammalian cell dissociation; III. 

 Special techniques: Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Surgical techniques in plants. Control of 



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