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15 INTRODUCTION A L'eTUDE DES MALFORMATIONS 



1965 

 by R. Stoll and R. Maraud Gauthier-Villars 



Monographies de physiologie causale, Paris 



vol. 5, 205 pp., 8 figs., 15 tbs. 

 (paper-bound) 



This monograph presents a general survey of our knowledge concerning 

 spontaneous and induced malformations in birds and mammals, including man. 

 Exhaustive treatment of the subject was not intended. 



The organization of the subject matter is clear and logical. Chapter I deals 

 with the morphology of the main malformations known to-day. In this chapter, 

 the authors follow in main outline the classification given by Geoffroy Saint- 

 Hilaire. and still generally used by French authors. 



Chapter II discusses the methods of experimental teratology and their factual 

 results. All known methods of interference with embryonic development are 

 reviewed. In chapter III the mechanisms leading to malformation are con- 

 sidered in two sections, one dealing with morphogenetic, the other with physiol- 

 ogical mechanisms. In the latter section the phenomenon of specific reactivity 

 receives special attention, and the various teratogenic agents are once again 

 discussed, this time with emphasis on their modes of action. 



The final chapter deals with the aetiology of so-called spontaneous mal- 

 formations. Special sections are devoted to the role of genetic factors, infectious 

 diseases, and ionizing radiations. 



Experimental teratology, particularly in mammals, has greatly expanded 

 during the last five years. Most of this expansion is not reflected in this book; 

 the far greater part of the literature cited is older than 1960. On the other 

 hand, the book is useful as a guide to the older literature, which is relatively 

 well represented. 



The bibliography numbers more than 800 titles. The book is very sparsely 

 illustrated and has no indexes. The detailed table of contents makes up in part 

 for the lack of a subject index. 



16. THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT 



Vol. I: Descriptive Biochemistry of Animal Development 



1965 



Editor: R. Weber Academic Press 



661 pp., 98 figs., 13 tbs. New York - London 



Price: $ 23.— 



Contributors: Brachet (Brussels), Collier (Woods Hole, Mass.), Deuchar (London), Grant 

 (Washington, D.C.), Gustafson (Stockholm), Monroy (Palermo), Moog (St. Louis, Miss.), 

 Solomon (London), Staehelin (Basel), Williams (Cambridge). 



This collaborative treatise in two volumes is intended to introduce advanced 

 students already familiar with elementary embryology and biochemistry to 

 various areas of biochemical embryology. Each chapter is an authoritative 

 review of a particular area, written by an active investigator. Emphasis has 

 been placed on areas of contact between experimental embryology and bio- 

 chemistry, in other words, on the selectivity of structural-chemical interactions 

 (including ultrastructure and topochemistry). 



