who are specifically interested in the larval development and metamorphosis 

 of Curculionid beetles, and Coleoptera in general. The general part contains 

 a wealth of data concerning reproduction and biology, as well as the external 

 morphology of the various postembryonic stages. The morphological sections 

 are well illustrated. There is also a long section on rearing methods. 



The special part (occupying about three quarters of the book) is almost 

 exclusively of taxonomic interest. 



29. PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE ORIGIN 



AND CONTROL OF SEX IN ANIMALS 

 1965 



by Vera N. Schroder Izdatelstwo Nauka 



140 pp., 14 figs., 47 tbs. Moscow 



(paper-bound) 



This monograph is written in Russian. The author is a member of the Severt- 

 sov Institute of Animal Morphology of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, 

 Moscow. 



The book is concerned largely with physiological, biochemical, biophysical, 

 and immunological properties of mammalian sperm, and their role in the 

 determination of sex-ratio in the progeny. The biochemistry of embryonic sex 

 determination is also discussed. 



The bibliography covers 8 pages, 2 of which are devoted to Russian authors. 

 The Russian section contains numerous publications by the author of the book, 

 ranging from 1932 till 1963. The book contains many tables and graphs. 



30. LES CULTURES ORGANOTYPIQUES 



1965 



Editor: J. A. Thomas Masson et Cic 



392 pp., 168 figs., 8 tbs. Paris 



(paper-bound) Price: 90 N.F. 



This book forms part of a series entitled "Biocytologia; Exposes actuels de 

 biologie cellulaire". The present volume is a collection of extensive papers by 

 the director (Et. Wolff) and several members and former members of the 

 "Institut d'embryologie et de teratologic experimentales du C.N.R.S.", Nogent 

 sur Marne. In view of the fact that many of the results of the Nogent school 

 have been published either as short papers or in journals not very well acces- 

 sible in countries other than France, this collection of synthetic review papers 

 should prove very useful. 



The book is opened by Et. Wolff with a resume of general principles of 

 organotypic culture in vitro. Then follow nine papers which discuss extensively 

 the following topics: differentiation of organs in natural media (le Douarin); 

 differentiation of organs in synthetic media (Kieny); sexual differentiation and 

 intersexuality in vitro (Haffen; sections on birds, mammals, and amphibians); 

 influence of hormones and inhibitory substances on organs in vitro (Dieterlen- 

 Lievre); culture and parabiosis of blastoderms (Salzgeber; sections on birds 

 and mammals); organ culture in invertebrates (Ziller-Sengel); reassociation of 

 dissociated cells in vitro (Sigot); investigations of organogenesis by dis- 



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