5 A GLOSSARY OF GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 



By R. Rieger, A. Michaelis Springer- Verlag 



and M. M. Green Berlin - Heidelberg - New York 



507 pp., 90 figs., 6 tbs. Price: DM 66.—; $ 16.50 



This is the completely revised English version of an originally German 

 book that first appeared in 1954, and was revised in 1958. The new book 

 is printed on the same format and in the same type as the previous edition; 

 it is about one fourth shorter, and contains about 2,500 entries, as against 

 about 4,000 in the 1958 edition. Taking into account that the latter contained 

 little information relative to molecular and microbial genetics, which are now 

 well represented, it follows that a considerable amount of material was 

 eliminated for the present edition. 



The aim of the writers has been to provide material suitable both for 

 students and research workers. Many terms are described at some or even 

 considerable length, while quite a few descriptions refer to experimental data 

 and appropriate literature. Cross-referencing is very extensive. The author- 

 ship of terms is meticulously recorded. Wherever necessary good illustrative 

 material is provided. The bibliography covers more than 40 pages. 



6 MODERN GENETICS 



Vol. 3 

 1968 

 By J. A. Serra Academic Press 



792 pp., 119 figs., 19 tbs.. 3 pis. London - New York 



Price: $ 27.50; 168 s. 



This is the final volume of a book of which the first two volumes appeared 

 in 1964 and '66 respectively, and were reviewed in the two previous main 

 issues of Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. ( 1965 and '67). 



The present volume is in three parts, dealing consecutively with cyto- 

 plasmic inheritance and cytoplasmic changes; nuclear treptions and mutations, 

 genetic units; and, finally, with sex determination and life cycles. Both the 

 first and third part contain material that is of interest to development 

 biologists. In the first, this is particularly the chapter on interspecific hybrids 

 (16 pp.), and in the third, that on sex determination in vertebrates (45 pp.) 

 (the only case in which much is known about the action of the sex genes 

 by way of the hormonal system). 



In the extensive bibliography the most recent titles date from 1965. The 

 book is concluded by author and subject indexes. 



7 MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ASPECTS OF 



DEVELOPMENT 

 1966 (first printing) 

 Editor: E. Bell Harper 6 Row 



525 pp., 400 figs., 59 tbs. New York - Evanston - London 



J. Weatherhill, Inc., Tokyo 

 Price: 32 s. 



This book, first published in 1965, is still probably the best available 

 "book of readings" in developmental biology. The American edition was 

 reviewed in Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. 11, 1965, p. 341. The present edition 

 is a photo-offset facsimile reproduction on a slightly reduced format. 



The advantage of this technique of reproduction is that the price of the 



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