VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Ms. L. de K.; M.Sc. - Depts. of Anat. and Zool., Univ. of the Orange Free 



State, P.O.Box 339, BLOEMFONTEIN 9300, S. Africa 

 a Experimental encephalocele. Chicken 



VAN EXAN, R. J.; Dr. - Dept. of Biol., Dalhousie Univ., HALIFAX, N.S. B3H 4J1, Canada 

 a Induction of mucous metaplasia of skin and hair follicles in vitro by vitamin A (EM, separation 



and recombination of dermis and epidermis, autofluorescence of vitamin A). Mouse 

 b Differentiation of the dermis, its cell types and intercellular matrix in 12-18 day embryos 



(histochemistry, LM and EM). Mouse 

 c Epithelial induction of bone formation in the ectomesenchyme of the embryonic mandible 



(histology, EM, tissue separation, transfilter recombination of epidermis and ectomesenchyme). 



Chicken 

 VAN STONE, J. M.; Ph.D., Prof. - Dept. of Biol., Trinity CoU., HARTFORD, CT 06106, USA 

 a General study of limb regeneration. Rana sylvatica (Anura) 

 VARON, S. S.; M.D., Prof. - Ctr. for Devi. Biol. M-OOl, Univ. of Calif., San Diego, LA JOLLA, 



CA 92093, USA 

 VASAN, N. S.; D.V.M., Ph.D. - Dept. of Anat., New Jersey Med. School, 100 Bergen St., NEWARK, 



NJ 07103, USA 

 a Role of proteoglycans in tissue interaction and differentiation. Chicken 

 b Proteoglycans in limb development. Chicken 

 VAUGHN, J. E.; Ph.D. - Div. of Neurosci., City of Hope Res. Inst., 1450 E. Duarte Rd., DUARTE, 



CA 91010, USA 

 a Development of neuroglial cells in the CNS (EM, autoradiography). Rat 

 b EM of spinal cord development. Rat, Mouse 

 c LM and autoradiography of spinal cord development. Mouse 

 VEKEMANS, M.; M.D. - Dept. of Biol., McGill Univ., 1205 McGregor Ave., MONTREAL, Que. 



H3A IBl, Canada 

 VENEZIANO, P.P.; Ph.D., Prof. - Dept.of Biol., Wilbur Wright Coll., 3400 N. Austin Ave., CHICAGO, 



IL 60634, USA 

 a Effects of low intensity appUed magnetic fields on developing nervous system. Chicken 

 b Effects of strong applied magnetic fields on heart rate. Chicken 

 VENKATASUBRAMANIAN, K.; Ph.D. - Div. of Fetal Pharmacol., Children's Hosp. Res. Found., 



EUand & Bethesda Aves., CINCINNATI, OH 45229, USA 

 a Role of cell adhesion and movement (chemotaxis) in early embryogenesis 

 b Role of cell movement and membrane changes in birth defects 



VINCENT, W. S.; Ph.D., Prof. - Dept. of Biol. Sci., Univ. of Delaware, NEWARK, DE 19711, USA 

 VOGEL, S.; Ph.D. - Dept. of Physiol., Sch. of Med., Univ. of Virginia, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 



22908, USA 

 a Receptors on ^/ntme embryonic hearts 



VOLPE, E. P.; Ph.D., Prof. - Dept. of Biol., Tulane Univ., NEW ORLEANS, LA 701 18, USA 

 VOORHEES, F. R.;Ph.D. - Dept.of Biol., Centr. Missouri State Univ., WARRENSBURG, MO 64093, 



USA 

 a Mechanisms controlling reproductive system development. Aedes spec, Drosophila spec. 



(Diptera) 

 WADA, M.; Dr. - Dept. of Biol., Univ. of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, TOKYO, 113 Japan 

 a Timing, position and direction of cell division in gametophytes. Adiantum capillus-veneris 



(Filices) 

 WADE, R. J.; B.S.A. - Dept. of Dairy Sci., Coll. of Agric. Sci., Clemson Univ., CLEMSON, SC 29631, 



USA 

 a Fatty acids as a possible energy source; culture of two-cell embryos in medium containing omega 



fluorinated fatty acids which, when metabolised, will act as metabolic inhibitors of the 



tricarboxylic acid cycle. (Viability assessed with fluorescence). Rabbit 

 WAELSCH, Ms. S. GLUECKSOHN; Ph.D., Prof. - Dept. of Genet., Albert Einstein CoU. of Med., 



Yeshiva Univ., 1300 Morris Park Ave., NEW YORK, Bronx, NY 10461, USA 

 a Genetic control of cellular and biochemical differentiation. Mouse 



b Somatic cell hybridisation to study nature of genetic defect in deletion mutations. Mouse 

 c Hybridisation of rat hepatoma and mutant mouse liver cells 

 WAINWRIGHT, Ms. L. K.; Ph.D., Prof. - Biol. Dept., Mt. Saint Vincent Univ., 166 Bedford Highway, 



HALIFAX, N.S. B3M 2J6, Canada 

 a Regulation of serotonin acetyltransferase activity of the pineal gland in organ culture. Chicken 

 WAINWRIGHT, S. D.; Ph.D., Prof. - Biochem. Dept., Med. Sch., Dalhousie Univ., Sir Charles Tupper 



Bldg., HALIFAX, N.S. B3H 4H7, Canada 

 WAKAHARA, M.; D.Sc. - Zool. Inst., Fac. of Sci., Hokkaido Univ., N.IO, W.8, SAPPORO, 060 Japan 

 a Mechanism of differentiation of primordial germ cells. Xenopus laevis (Anura) 

 b Factor(s) causing initiation of meiosis. Same species as a 



WAKITA, M.; Dr.Med. - Dept. of Oral Anat., Sch. of Dent., Niigata Univ., NIIGATA, 951 Japan 

 a Cell diiferentiation of ameloblasts. (Teleostei), Mus musculus (Rodentia) 

 b Phylogenetic development of tooth enamel. (Vertebrata) 

 c Relations between replacement pattern in very early stages of tooth development and 



distribution of neural crest cells that initiate the teeth. (Amphibia) 

 WALDMAN, S. A.; Ph.D. - Div. of Clin. Pharmacol., Dept. of Intern. Med., Univ. of Virginia, 



CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22901 , USA 

 a Chemical composition and molecular organisation of plasma membranes in embryogenesis and 



oncogenesis. Rat 



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