The 16 chapters of the book are grouped in five sections, entitled respec- 

 tively "Principles and methods", "Cells and individuals", "Development and 

 genetics", "Groups and populations", and "Conclusions". Three of the four 

 chapters in section III may be mentioned specifically. The first is by J. S. 

 Wilkie and is entitled "Early studies of biological regulation: an historical 

 survey" (30 pp.). In it most of the attention goes to the work of Reaumur, 

 Trembley, Bonnet, and Roux. The two other chapters are by P. R. Bell and 

 D. R. Newth respectively, and deal with regulation of plant growth (23 pp.) 

 and with regulation in animal development (15 pp.). The latter chapter in 

 particular is very thoughtful, and poses several important problems clearly 

 and succinctly, although it refrains from going into details, and is not 

 illustrated. 



The book is illustrated predominantly with diagrams, and has author and 

 subject indexes. 



3 A DICTIONARY OF GENETICS 



1968 

 By R. C. King Oxford University Press 



292 pp. New York - London - Toronto 



(paper-bound) Price: 34 s. 



This book was conceived primarily for the use of beginning students. The 

 selection of entries was obviously guided by pragmatic motives, i.e. by the 

 aim of elucidating those terms that are commonly encountered in genetical 

 literature, whether they be of a strictly genetic or of a more general nature. 

 The book contains, at a rough estimate, some 3,500 to 4,000 entries, but a 

 large proportion of these are non-genetic and relate to other fields of science 

 such as botany, zoology, taxonomies, palaeontology, endocrinology, (bio)- 

 chemistry, and physics. 



The definitions are usually brief. No literature is given. Chemical formulas, 

 charts, and simple diagrams are provided wherever needed. The book is 

 concluded by an appendix containing a chronology of historical events 

 bearing on genetics, a list of periodicals, a list of laboratories in North 

 America engaged in human genetics research, and a listing of teaching aids 

 for genetics available in the U.S.A. 



(See also review no. 5 below) 



4 PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRITY 



(On the problem of correlation in living and non-living systems) 



1968 

 By G. P. Korotkova Leningrad 



162 pp., 13 figs., 2 tbs. Leningrad University 



(paper-bound) 



This book is written in Russian and is announced only briefly. It is an 

 essay on biological organization. The author is an associate of Prof. B. P. 

 Tokin, Department of Embryology, Leningrad University. The following 

 condensation of the table of contents may provide an idea of the nature of 

 the book: Integral systems and their classification; the concept of "ideal" 

 integrity; some general concepts characteristic of integrity (symmetry, polarity, 

 differentiation, integration); comparison of systems with regard to their 

 integrity; entropy, information, and integrity; isomorphic transformation of 

 integrity (parallehsm). 



The bibliography covers six pages and gives much Russian literature, 

 mostly recent to very recent. 



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