25 MORPHOGENESIS, DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPMENT 



1967 

 Editors: M. Florkin and E. H. Stotz Elsevier Publishing Company 



Comprehensive Biochemistry, vol. 28 Amsterdam - London - New York 



288 pp., 49 figs., 10 tbs. 



Contents: I. Fertilization (A. Monroy), II. Behaviour of nucleic acids during early devel- 

 opment (J. Brachet), III. Biochemical pathway.s in embryos (E. Scarano and G. Augusti- 

 Tocco), IV. Factors of embryonic induction (T. Yamada), V: Biochemistry of amphibian 

 metamorphosis (R.Weber), VI. Biochemical correlations in insect metamorphosis (L. I. Gilbert) 



This volume forms part of section V (Chemical Biology) of the collaborative 

 treatise "Comprehensive Biochemistry", which is being published in 31 separate 

 volumes. It is the only one of the series that is devoted to problems of devel- 

 opment; its purpose is essentially to introduce biochemists into these problems, 

 rather than to discuss biochemical aspects of development for the benefit of 

 embryologists. Also, it is clear that within the confines of a book of some 

 250 pages the field cannot be treated exhaustively; consequently the various 

 chapters are more like extensive review papers. 



The book consists of 6 chapters, which are listed above. As to the authors, 

 every embryologist will agree that they are outstanding experts in their re- 

 spective fields. Most titles speak for themselves, but a few special features may 

 be mentioned.The first chapter starts with a discussion of oogenesis. Chapter 

 III deals successively with proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, oxydo- 

 reduction and mitochondria, lipids, minerals, and finally cell surfaces in devel- 

 opment. Chapter IV concentrates mainly on primary embryonic induction, but 

 has brief sections on cartilage induction and induction in the pancreas. 



All chapters have extensive bibliographies, ranging from about 100 to about 

 400 titles. The book is well-illustrated and produced with the utmost care. 

 It is concluded by a good subject index. 



26 ATLAS OF DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY OF THE FACE 



1966 

 by B. S. Kraus, H. Kitamura Harper & Row, Publishers 



and R. A. Latham (Hoeber Medical Division) 



392 pp., 1,224 illustrations New York and London 



Price: 160 s. 



This atlas is of significance mainly for clinicians and teratologists. It is based 

 on an extensive sample of specimens selected from a collection of 25,000 

 aborted human embryos and fetuses, and includes more than 1 ,200 photographs 

 of whole embryos and sections. 



For each normal and "cleft" specimen sections are shown at the same six 

 successive frontal (coronal) planes. For each stage of normal development three 

 specimens are presented, in order to emphasize normal anatomical variation. 

 The number of stages of normal development shown is 15, that of "cleft" stages 

 1 1 (the former start at 33 days, the latter at 41 days, in both cases the last stage 

 IS the newborn ) . 



A variety of malformations accompanying cleft lip and cleft palate in the 

 present sample are also illustrated; special topics include epithelial pearls, dental 

 anomalies, oral and nasal epithelium, and the pattern and chronology of palatal 

 development and fusion. 



The micrographs of sections are on the whole of good to excellent quality. 

 There are usually 4 to one page, and many sections are shown at two different 

 magnifications. The gross photographs are sometimes less satisfactory. A 

 number of line drawings supplement the photographs. The whole book is 

 printed on glossy paper. It is concluded by a 10 page bibliography which 

 brings together most of the significant hterature on the subject until 1964. 



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