47 PATHOPHYSIOLOGIE DER FOETALEN 



UND NEONATALEN ENTWICKLUNG 

 1968 



Wiss. Z. der Fr. Schiller Univ. Friedr.-Schiller-Univ. 



Jena, Math.-Naturw. Reihe, Jena, D.D.R. 



Jahrg. 17, Heft 1 

 171pp., 158figs.. 80tbs. 



This is the report of a Symposium held in 1967 in Jena, D.D.R., under the 

 direction of Prof. E. Goetze, Director of the Institute for Pathophysiology, Jena. 

 It was attended by a large number of scientists (medical and veterinary doctors, 

 morphologists, immunologists, physiologists, and pathophysiologists) coming 

 for the far greater part from Eastern Germany and six other Eastern-European 

 countries. 



The report contains 57 research papers, the majority of which are not longer 

 than two or three pages. Most papers are in German, but several are in English, 

 and one in French. Most are followed by brief discussions. The majority of 

 course deal with development in man and in laboratory and domestic mammals, 

 but some are on lower vertebrates. Modem techniques were used in most of the 

 investigations. 



The papers are arranged in three groups, entitled "Metabolism of the foetus 

 and neonate" (28), "Placenta, placental transport, placenta as immunological 

 barrier" (7), and "Development of immunological reactions" (22). One of the 

 main interests to readers in the West is no doubt the fact that much of the 

 literature cited was published in Eastern-European journals and is not otherwise 

 easily located. 



The report is adequately illustrated; the reproduction of the photographs and 

 electron micrographs is reasonably good. There are no indexes. 



48 PAPERS ON PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 



Editors: W. M. Laetsch and R. E. Cleland Little, Brown and Co. 



489 pp., 192 figs., 70 tbs., 4 pis. Boston, Mass. 



(paper-bound) Price: $ 6. — 



Contents: I. The natural plant growth regulators; II. The control of growth in intact systems 

 by growth regulators; III. The correlative control of growth; IV. The role of light in plant growth; 

 V. The control of growth in isolated organs; VI. The control of differentiation; VII. The exper- 

 imental control of form; VIII. The mechanism of growth regulator action. 



This ,,book of readings" contains 50 reprints of original articles on plant 

 growth and development, carefully selected for their importance in illustrating 

 the development and present state of major concepts and techniques in this field. 

 Perhaps the most important aspect of the book are the introductions to the eight 

 sections provided by the editors. These enable the reader to quickly grasp the 

 significance of older and recent contributions as well as the present state of 

 knowledge in each sub-field. They constitute a very useful means of quick 

 orientation, particulary for general biologists and zoologists. Each introduction 

 has its own selected bibliography. 



The eight sections listed above consist of from four to ten articles each. Some 

 of these are slightly abridged, but most are reprinted without change and even 

 in the original typography, and include running titles, acknowledgements, and 



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