(Camden, N.J.), Oishi (Pasadena, Calif.), Pomerat (Pasadena, Calif.), Puck (Denver, Colo.). 

 Ragni (Madison, Wise), Reitalu (Lund), Ruddle (New Haven, Conn.), Scaletta (Cleveland, 

 Ohio), Stenchever (Cleveland, Ohio), Stubblefield (Houston, Texas), Szybalski (Madison, 

 Wise)', Taylor (New York, N.Y.), Yerganian (Boston, Mass.), Yoshida (Cleveland, Ohio). 



39. REGENERATION IN ANIMALS AND RELATED PROBLEMS 



1965 



Editors: V. Kiortsis and H. A. L. Trampusch North-Holland Publishing Cy. 

 592 pp., 158 figs., 30 pis., 20 tbs. Amsterdam 



Price: 120 s. 



This book contains the proceedings of a fortnightly Symposium held at 

 Lagonissi, near Athens, in April 1964. It was apparently the first truly inter- 

 national Symposium on regeneration to be organized in Europe. Prof. Kiortsis 

 of the University of Athens (formerly Geneva) took the initiative, and the 

 Symposium was sponsored by NATO's Division of Scientific Affairs, with 

 additional financial support of the National Science Foundation (U.S.A.). The 

 book is dedicated to the memory of the late Prof. Emile Guyenot of the Univer- 

 sity of Geneva. 



The Symposium had 46 participants, 40 of whom came from nine European 

 countries. The remaining six came from the U.S.A. Eastern European coun- 

 tries were not represented. 



The subject coverage of the book in terms of taxonomy is very broad. All 

 major metazoan phyla are represented. The nature of the 44 contributions is 

 rather varied. About half are reviews and synthetic papers, while the other 

 half are shorter contributions dealing with research on specific, limited prob- 

 lems. These are of course selective rather than representative for their res- 

 pective fields. 



The book is organized in three sections, viz "General" (5 papers), "Inverte- 

 brates" (22 papers), and "Vertebrates" (17 papers). In the second section the 

 arrangement is by taxonomic group, whereas the third section consists of a 

 division on regeneration proper (8 papers) and a division on "related prob- 

 lems" (9 papers). Among the subjects of the latter division are growth 

 regulation, tumour growth and regulation, compensatory hyperplasia, wound 

 healing, and neuronal and nerve regeneration. Asexual reproduction and its 

 relation to regeneration is discussed in an extensive paper which opens the 

 "General" section. 



Most contributions are followed by discussions. A. E. Needham has written 

 an admirable "antiphon" which places all contributions in mutual perspective. 



The book is well-printed and admirably illustrated. Extensive author and 

 subject indexes increase the book's value as a work of reference. 



Participants: Abeloos (Marseille), Anton (Koln), Ballantine (Providence, R.I.), de Both 

 (Utrecht), Burgess (London), Chandebois (Marseille), Clark (Bristol), Faber (Utrecht), Fedec- 

 ka-Bruner (Nogent-sur-Mame), Foret (Princeton, N.J.), Gabriel (Orsay), Ghirardelli (Trieste), 

 Goss (Providence, R.L), Grasso (Bologna), Harrebomee (Amsterdam), Herlant-Meewis(Bruxel- 

 les), Issidorides (Athens), James (London), Kiortsis (Athens), Kratochwil (Wien), Lazard 

 (Paris), Lehmann (Bern), Lender (Orsay), Mora'itou (Athens), Needham (Oxford), Palladini 

 (Roma), Pandazis (Athens), Pohley (Koln), Seilern-Aspang (Wien), Sichel (Catania), Simp- 

 son (Cleveland, Ohio), Singer (Cleveland, Ohio), Stagni (Bologna). Stephan (Nancy), Stephan- 

 Dubois (Nancy), Taban (Geneve), Tardent (Zurich), Thornton (East-Lansing, Mich.), 

 Thouveny (Marseille), Trampusch (Amsterdam), Urbani (Roma), Van Damme (Bruxelles), 



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