TERATOGENESIS (see also 38,39) 



Treatises 



57. 



D. H. M. WOOLLAM and G. M. MORRISS, eds. 1974. EXPERIMENTAL EMBRYOLOGY 



AND TERATOLOGY. Vol. I 



Elek Science, London. Vin,136 pp., 52 figs., 13 tabs., subject index. £ 4.00 



Contents: 1. The relationship between mother and embryo during the preimplantation 

 period with particular reference to fertility and fitness of the offspring (Adams); 2. 

 Problems associated with the screening of drugs for possible teratogenetic activity 

 (Palmer); 3. The growth and development of large arteries (Berry); 4. Human organ 

 culture: apphcations in the screening of teratogenic drugs (Rajan); 5. The effects of 

 hyperthermia on pregnancy and prenatal development (Edwards) 



This new serial publication is a continuation of "Advances in Teratology" on a broader 

 basis. The reviews it contains cover both basic and applied aspects of (mainly mammalian) 

 normal and abnormal development. The editors would welcome suggestions for articles 

 falling within this general scope. 



The reviews contained in this first volume hardly need recommendation. The book is 

 well produced in photo-offset and the photographic illustrations are well reproduced. 



Monographs 



58. 



M KARKINEN-JAASKELAINEN. 1973. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESTRICTION 



OF MUMPS VIRUS INDUCED LESIONS IN THE DEVELOPING CHICK LENS 



Munksgaard, Copenhagen. Acta Pathol. Microbiol. Scand. Sect. A, suppl. No. 243. 52 pp., 

 19 figs., 5 tabs. 



Infection in vivo and in vitro at stages of open and closed lens vesicle; production of 

 cataract in the former due to the virus itself (hemagglutination by allantoic fluid, 

 immunofluorescence of lenses, electron microscopy); excellent micrographs. 



Symposium reports 



59. 



D. T. JANERICH, R. G. SKALKO and I.H.PORTER, eds. 1974. CONGENITAL DE- 

 FECTS, new directions in research 



Academic Press, New York, etc. XIV,294 pp.. 37 figs., 1 pi., 55 tabs., subject index. 

 $ 12.50 



This symposium was held in Albany, N.Y. in October, 1972. It is one of those 

 instances where one wonders whether publication of symposium proceedings more than a 

 year after the event is of much use, especially in the case of a rather informal affair like 

 this symposium. Nevertheless, the book contains a certain amount of information that 

 might still be unknown to some teratologists and pediatricians. Some of this is in the 

 group discussions. 



The material in the book that seems of most interest to our readers consists of a 

 thoughtful analysis of teratogenic testing procedures by Layton, a paper by Skalko on the 

 incorporation of teratogenic agents into the mammalian embryo, a review of mechanisms 

 of cleft palate formation by Larsson, and a paper by Runner on micromelia in the chick 



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