previously unpublished. A maximum amount of data is presented in a minimal space. 



The 29 papers are arranged in five sections as follows: Regulation of gene expression 

 (10 papers); Phenotypes of tumor cells (5); Control of differentiation; induction (5); 

 Control of differentiation: suppression (3); Tumor reversal (6). We mention the following 

 contributors: Tomkins, Ohno, Paul, G. Schapira, Rutter in the first section (which is of 

 the most general interest), and F. Schapira, Prasad, Silagi, Holtzer, Ono, Pierce in other 

 sections. All contributions are followed by highly pertinent discussions. 



The book is very well produced and illustrated but unfortunately has no indexes. 



66. 



M. WINICK, ed. 1974. NUTRITION AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT 



Wiley, New York, etc. XII, 188 pp., 70 figs., 41 tabs., subject index. $ 14.50, £ 7.90 



This book is based on an international symposium held in New York in November, 

 1972, and will primarily be of interest to paediatricians. During the past five years or so 

 evidence has accumulated for a relationship between early malnutrition and subsequent 

 retarded brain development. The book reviews the latest evidence available in 1972. 



Of the eight papers the first three are of most direct interest to our readers: Cellular 

 changes in intrauterine malnutrition (by Brasel, 14 pp.); Biochemical markers of intraute- 

 rine malnutrition (by Metcoff, 18 pp.); and Pathophysiologic changes in intrauterine 

 malnutrition (by Minkowski et al, 34 pp.). All of these are reviews of recent work on 

 mammals and man. 



The book is well produced and illustrated. 



REGENERATION, RENEWAL (see also 28,29,73,92,1 19) 



Textbooks 



67. 



R. J. GOSS. 1974. REGENERATION; Probleme - Experimente - Ergebnisse, Translated 



from the English by K. Bergerhoff 



Thieme, Stuttgart. VI,288 pp., 128 figs.. 2 tabs., subject index. DM15.80 (paper) 



This is the translation of a highly successful book which appeared in 1969 and was 

 reviewed in Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv., Suppl. 13 (1970), p. 14. Superficially the translation 

 reads well, but if it is compared with the original it becomes apparent that the translator 

 does not know quite enough English and moreover is not an expert in the field. This has 

 led to all sorts of confusing mistakes and incorrectnesses. One of the worst is the 

 translation of "territory" by "Feld". 



The numerous excellent illustrations are well reproduced and the photographs have 

 not lost too much detail. Names of authors have been removed from the index. 



68. 



T. LENDER. 1974. LA REGENERATION ANIMALE 



Presses Universitaires de France, Paris. Collection SUP; Le Biologiste 6. 192 pp., 73 figs., 



subject index 



Contents: I. Quelques exemples de regeneration dans le regne animal; II. L'origine et la 

 nature des cellules de regeneration; III. Influence du systeme nerveux et des hormones 

 sur le pouvou- de regeneration; IV. Les mecanismes de la morphogenese 



This clearly organized little book is suitable for biology students, but because of the 

 selective treatment and the limited number of references it is hardly useful to active 



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