71. 



ORGAN AND TISSUE REGENERATION IN MAMMALS. 1972. Vol.1 



MSS Inf. Corp., New York. 161 pp., 67 figs., 25 tabs. $ 15.00 



For general characterization of the series, see review no. 139. 

 Adrenal gland (3 papers), ureter (1), hemoDoietic and lymphatic 

 tissues (8). First authors: Blackburn, Nettesheim, Nowell, Rapp, 

 Shires, Takada. Years of publication: 1967-1971. 



72. 



REGENERATION IN LOWER VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES. 1972. 



Vols. II and III 



MSS Inf. Corp., New York. Vol.11 167 pp., 80 figs., 11 pis., 19 



tabs. $ 15. -J Vol. Ill 186 pp., 128 figs., 1 pi., 21 tabs. $ 15.- 



For general characterization of the series, see review no. 139. 

 Vol.11: Amphibians: neural influence in limb regeneration (3 pa- 

 pers), effects of hormones and drugs on limb regeneration (4), 

 lens regeneration (4). First authors: Campbell, Egar, Eisenberg- 

 Zalik, Francoeur, Lentz, Reyer, Tassava, Tweedle, Zalik. Years 

 of publication: 1967-1971. 



Vol. Ill: Lower vertebrates: regeneration of glandular structures 

 (3 papers); Invertebrates: papers on Hydra (3), Tubularia (1), 

 annelids (2), insects (4), echinoderms (3). First authors: 

 Clark, Datta, Davis, Eichler, Fitzharris, Heatfield, Kass-Simon, 

 Maderson, Marks, Slaughter, Smith, Streett. Years of publication 

 1968-1972. 



0RGAN0- AND HISTOGENESIS (incl. tissue and organ culture, histo- 

 chemistry) (see also 20,24,25,59,64,67,99,100,109,128) 



Treatises 



73. 



G.H. BOURNE, ed . 1972. THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MUSCLE, 



2nd edit. Vol.1, Structure pt . 1 



Academic Press, New York, etc. XX, 576 pp., 231 figs., 10 tabs., 



author and subject indexes. $ 33.00 



The first edition of this work was published in three volumes 

 in I960. It has now grown to four volumes; many of the chapters 

 were revised by the original authors, and several new chapters 

 were added. We will only review vol.1, which contains four chap- 

 ters that are of particular interest to our readers. 



The first and longest of these is that by Fischman (74 pp.). 

 It briefly discusses the embryonic origins of muscle, but most 

 of it is taken up by the treatment of the myoblast concept, mi- 

 tosis, cell fusion, and the myotube. Most of the emphasis is on 

 DNA synthesis, general ultrastructure , and the nature of myofil- 

 aments and myofibrils. The histochemistry of developing skeletal 

 and cardiac muscle is treated in the revision of the original 

 chapter by Beckett and Bourne (30 pp.). Goldspink discusses the 

 postembryonic growth and differentiation of striated muscle 

 (58 pp.), devoting attention to structural, ultrastructural, 

 biochemical and physiological changes, and to factors that in- 

 fluence muscle growth. Murray deals with skeletal muscle in cul- 

 ture (63 pp.); one section of this chapter deals with the in- 

 sights tissue culture has provided into the early histogenesis 

 of muscle (induction, sarcoblast derivation, cytodiff erentia- 

 tion); another section deals with some histogenetic aspects of 

 muscle regeneration as elucidated by tissue culture. (Muscle re- 

 generation as such will get a systematic treatment in vol.11, in 



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