Watson, J.D,, 91 Wjasow, O.J., 106 Yamada, T. , 53 



Weir, B.J., 33 Wolpert, L. , 6 



, , . ^^ Zotm, A.I., 10 



Weiss, L., 82 Wolsky, A., 100 „ , o ^o 



. , ,^n Zuckerman, S., 33 



Whitt, G.S., 97 Wright, T.R.F., 102 



Wilson, J.G., 44 



GENERAL DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (see also 86, 99) 



Treatises 



1^ 



F.SEIDEL, ed. 1978. MORPHOGENESE DER TIERE 



Fischer, Jena. 



Vol.1 F.Seidel: Einleitung zuin Gesamtwerk; Morphogenetische Arbeitsmethoden 

 und Begrif f ssysteme; P.Tardent: Coetenterata^ Cnidaria. 415 pp., 146 

 figs., 9 tabs., author and subject indexes. 117.00 M. 



Vol.2 P.Fioroni: Cephalopoda, Tintenfische. 181 pp., 67 figs., 27 tabs., 

 author and subject indexes. 65.00 M. 



These are the first two instalments of a gigantic treatise whose concep- 

 tion could probably only have occurred in Germany. The preparations for it 

 must have started at least a decade ago and the ultimate aim is to produce 

 a modern replacement for the classical treatises by Korschelt and Heider, 

 Hertwig, and Schleip (1890-1929) . The treatise will appear in separately 

 available monographs which will cover 22 metazoan groups in two series: 

 I, Descriptive Morphogenesis and II, Causal Morphogenesis, so that the ul- 

 timate number of volumes may be close to 40. The number of German, Austrian 

 and Swiss authors will probably exceed 40. 



Judging by the two first volumes this will be a work in the best German 

 tradition: thorough, well organised and meticulously illustrated. The first 

 volume opens with a 57-page chapter by the editor which lays the theoretical 

 foundations for the whole work in the form of a general discussion of morpho- 

 genetic methods ("pure", evolutionary and causal morphology) and of the con- 

 cepts used in the study of morphogenesis. 



The remainder of vol.1 is taken up by Tardent's treatment of the descrip- 

 tive morphogenesis of the Cnidaria. The second volume, by Fioroni, is de- 

 voted to the descriptive morphogenesis of the Cephalopoda. Both contribu- 

 tions also devote considerable attention to systematics, reproductive biol- 

 ogy and rearing methods and, in the case of the Cnidaria, asexual reproduc- 

 tion and ageing. 



The books are well printed and bound and illustrated with a profusion of 

 excellent line drawings, half-tones and photographs, most of which are orig- 

 inal. The literature in the extensive bibliographies runs into 1975/76. 



Textbooks 



2. 



J.W.BROOKBANK. 1978. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY: embryos, plants, and regeneration 



Harper & Row, New York, etc. XII, 451 pp., 242 figs., subject index. £ 11.65 



Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. The development of Echinoids, 3. Spirally 

 cleaving eggs, 4. Development of the frog egg, 5. The development of am- 

 niotes (birds and mammals) , 6. The development of Drosophila melanogaster , 

 7. Regeneration, 8. Plant systems, 9. Historical perspectives, current 

 principles, and future directions 



This text was written for use in undergraduate courses. The book is unusual 

 in that it is built around a series of chapters each dealing with a particu- 



