VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT (general) 



Textbooks 



15. 



L.E.DOWNS. 1972. LABORATORY EMBRYOLOGY OF THE CHICK, 2nd edit. 



Brown, Dubuque, Iowa. Biology Series. X,95 pp., 16 figs. $ 3.50 (spiral bound) 



This is the second edition of a laboratory guide first published in 1963. It follows the 

 same basic plan as the first edition, but the text has been revised and two-thirds of the 

 illustrations are new. 



Exercise 1 deals with mitosis and meiosis (in fish and ascaris eggs, respectively), 

 exercise 2 with the rat ovary, and exercise 3 with early starfish embryology. The re- 

 maining 15 exercises relate to the chick embryo. The following stages are considered: 

 unincubated egg, and embryos of 12h., 18h., 21h., 25h., 33h., 40h., 48h., 56h., and 72h. 

 A drawing of a whole mount representing an actual embryo is shown for each stage. 

 These are supplemented by drawings of selected serial cross sections at 24h., 33h., 48h., 

 and 72h., shown both separately and "in situ" in an "exploded" three-dimensional 

 drawing of the embryo in question. This greatly helps the student to obtain a correct 

 mental image. 



The text is brief but adequate, and is supplemented by instructions and questions to 

 be answered by the student. The drawings are diagrammatical but executed with care, and 

 on the whole clearly labelled. 



16. 



E.HADORN. 1974. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF AMPHIBIAN DEVELOPMENT, 



translated from the German by D.Turner 



Springer, Berlin, etc. X,138 pp., 45 figs., 2 tabs., combined author and subject index. 



DM 20.00, $8.20 (paper) 



This is a slightly adapted and extended translation of the second (1970) German 

 edition of a book written mainly for the educated layman, the school teacher, and the 

 beginning student. It is eminently suited for a rapid orientation in experimental embryo- 

 logy and some areas of developmental genetics. The translator has admirably preserved 

 the captivating style of the original. 



Although the treatment is of course selective, and in the main restricted to amphi- 

 bians, the student gets a clear picture of the most important classical data, while enough 

 is said about major recent advances to enable him to appreciate their importance. 

 Evidence from other organisms is occasionally used to supplement the amphibian data. 



Apart from a good list of mostly recent books no literature references are given. The 

 line drawings which illustrate the book are excellent and have good explanatory captions. 



DEVELOPMENT OF MAMMALS AND MAN (general) (see also 24,33,43,80) 



Textbooks 



17. 



K.L.MOORE. 1973. THE DEVELOPING HUMAN: clinically oriented embryology 



Saunders, Philadelphia. XVI.374 pp., 352 figs., subject index. $ 1 1.00, £ 4.70 



The conception of this book is similar to that of R. S. Snell's Clinical Embryology for 

 Medical Students (1972; see G.E.I.S. 15, 1, 1973). The need for such book arises from 

 the increasing limitations in the time available for the teaching of anatomy and embryo- 

 logy. The present book arose from notes for a core course in medical embryology. It aims 

 at bridging the gap between embryology and adult anatomy, histology, pathology, 



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