86. 



A J VERBOUT. 1974. DE VROEG-EMBRYONALE ONTWIKKELING VAN DE WER- 



VELKOLOM VAN HEX SCHAAP, MET EEN KRITISCHE TOETSING VAN DE THEO- 



RIE DER "NEUGLIEDERUNG" (The early embryonic development of the vertebral 



column of sheep, with a critical evaluation of the "Neugliederung" theory) 



M.D. thesis, Leiden. 162 pp., 9 figs., 68 pis. English summary (6 pp.) (mimeographed) 



Study of serial sections (in 3 directions) of a continuous series of sheep embryos of 

 3-16 mm CRL; results verified in other mammals and man; refutation of "Neuglieder- 

 ung" theory; numerous photomicrographs and diagrams, and 3 steric reconstructions. 



Symposium reports 



87. 



S. R. BERENBERG, M. CANIARIS, and N. P. MASSE, eds. 1974. PRE- AND POST- 

 NATAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN BRAIN 



Karger, Basel, etc. Modern Problems in Paediatrics, vol. 13. XVI, 359 pp., 122 figs., 

 35 tabs. SFr. 129.-, $ 47.25, £ 18.80, DM 123.- 



This symposium was held in Paris in December, 1972. Of the 28 papers, some 16 are 

 of direct or potential interest to our readers. Among the authors of these, five are from 

 France, four from the U.S.A., and the remainder from four West-European countries. The 

 papers in question vary in length: some are research reports, others are reviews of recent 

 research. They are in French or English, and most have summaries in both languages. 

 About half deal explicitly with the human brain. 



The papers of interest to our readers are to be found in the following sections: Cell 

 biology and morphology (5); Biochemistry (9); Electrophysiology (2). Other sections deal 

 with the role of sensory stimuli and nutrition, and with behavioural aspects. 



The book is well printed and illustrated, but also rather expensive. It has no indexes. 



CELLULAR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (incl. cell culture, cytochemistry) (see also 



3,6,18,27,63,65,70,106,119) 



Textbooks 



88. 



F. BECK and J.B.LLOYD, eds. 1974. THE CELL IN MEDICAL SCIENCE. Vol.2 



Cellular genetics, development and cellular specialization 



Academic Press, London, etc. XVII1,597 pp., 217 figs., 21 tabs., author and subject 



indexes. £ 1 1.30, $ 29.25 



This book is one volume of a 4-volume collaborative textbook written by a large team 

 of mo.stly British authors. It is meant mainly for the use of senior undergraduate students 

 but can be very useful to research workers who want information outside their own fields 

 of specialization. It is quite definitely not a work of reference, and reference lists were 

 intentionally kept brief. No comprehensive cover of cell biology was attempted; on the 

 other hand, the editors have devoted much attention to the coherence among the 

 numerous chapters. All chapters are moreover well written and clearly organized. 



The chapters in this volume which are of immediate interest to our readers are that by 

 Brynmor Thomas on the kinetics of cell production, and two concise chapters by 

 R. Bellairs (together occupying 64 pages) which deal with cell differentiation, pattern 

 formation, cell communication, cellular growth, and some special aspects of development 

 (the oocyte and fertilization, the lens, the formation of muscle, and migratory cells). 

 These chapters are ideally suited as a first introduction into the problems of modern 

 vertebrate embryology. 



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