text, there are good lists of further reading leading on to more specialised 

 publications . 



The book is well produced and illustrated. 



Monographs 



35. 



E. S.E.HAFEZ, ed. 1975. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC ATLAS OF MA^4MALIAN 



REPRODUCTION 



Thieme, Stuttgart; Igaku Shoin, Tokyo. X,429 pp., 358 figs., subject index. 



DM 240.00 



This superb atlas is in the form of more than 30 brief chapters by an in- 

 ternational band of 55 authors, grouped into three main sections: Male re- 

 production. Female reproductive organs, and Eggs and pregnancy. Many chap- 

 ters have the format of a brief publication and several report previously 

 unpublished data. The third section has four chapters on the cumulus oopho- 

 rus and fertilisation, four on cleavage and blastocyst development, and one 

 each on other subjects such as the placenta and the amniotic membrane. Nor- 

 mal and pathological processes receive equal consideration. The species 

 studied varies with the subject. 



Most of the more than 350 illustrations are of course SEM pictures, usual- 

 ly two to six on a page, of very good quality and at a wide range of magni- 

 fications. These are supplemented occasionally with good drawings in the 

 text and some TEM pictures and photomicrographs. The book is well produced 

 on high-quality glossy paper. 



36. 



W.KUNZ and U.SCHAFER. 1978. OOGENESE UND SPERMATOGENESE 



Fischer, Jena. Bausteine der modernen Physiologie, 98 pp., 11 figs., 10 tabs. 



subject index. M 25.00 (paper) 



This monograph in fact consists of two lengthy and well-organised reviews, 

 one of 52 pages on oogenesis by the first, and one of 25 pages on spermato- 

 genesis by the second author. The first part is largely restricted to the 

 growth phase of the oocyte, and in both parts the emphasis is very much on 

 molecular aspects, to the virtual exclusion of ultrastructural morphology. 

 The subject matter is largely restricted to findings in amphibians and sea 

 urchins in part one, and in Drosophila and mammals in part two. Part one has 

 sections on the role of maternal hRNA and rRNA in the embryo, and on the am- 

 phibian oocyte as a system for studying nuclear and cellular differentiation. 



Each of the two parts has its own selective bibliography; both run into 

 early 1976. The volume has good diagrams and a number of electron micrographs 

 showing lampbrush chromosomes, extra-chromosomal DNA and multiple nucleoli. 



D-issertations 



37. 



B.GRIFFOND. 1977. RECHERCHES CYTOLOGIQUES ET EXPERIMENTALES SUR LA DIFFE- 



RENCIATION SEXUELLE ET LA GAMETOGENESE DE LA PALUDINE Viviparus viviparus L. 



(Mollusque Gasteropode Prosobranche) 



Ph.D. thesis, Besan^on. 156 pp., 58 pis. 



Normal histology and electron microscopy; culture of gonads in vitro with 

 or without nervous tissue; numerous light and electron micrographs. 



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