Symposium reports 



27. 



F. S. CHIA and A. H. WHITELEY, eds. 1975. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF THE 



ECHINODERMS 



Amer. Soc. of Zoologists, Utica, N.Y. American Zoologist 15, 3. 293 pp., 199 figs., 

 26 tabs. $ 6.50 (paper) 



Contributors: Brachet, Bryan, Chia, Ebert, Epel, Hendler, Hinegardner, Kanatani, 

 Okazaki, Pearse, Raff, Spiegel, Strathmann, Summers, Timourian, Whiteley 



This symposium was held in December 1973 at Houston, Tex. Apart from the 

 delightful historical introduction by Brachet, all contributions are lengthy research 

 reports or reviews of recent work on a great variety of topics. 



We briefly characterise the contributions that we think are of prime interest to our 

 readers: maturation-inducing substances; programme and mechanism of fertihsation; 

 functional morphology of sperm; spicule formation in isolated micromeres; reaggregation 

 of embryonic cells; determination in the blastula; repetitive DNA and determination; 

 microtubule assembly and biochemistry; morphology, genetics and adaptational signifi- 

 cance of postembryonic development; growth zones in skeletal ossicles. 



The volume is illustrated mainly with a profusion of beautiful photographs and 

 micrographs. 



28 



R. LAFONT, organiser. 1973. PREMIER SEMINAIRE SUR LA DIFFERENCIATION 



CELLULAIRE CHEZ LES INSECTES 



Ecole Normale Superieure, Lab. de Zool., Paris. Publ. du Lab. de Zool., Ecole Norm. 

 Super. No. 1. 72 pp. 21 figs, (mimeographed) 



The first of a series of pubUcations from the above laboratory; first all-French 

 colloquium held in Nemours in September 1972; research reports of work on blattid 

 embryo and leg, lepidopteran wing, and odonate visual system; review on nucleic acid 

 metabohsm; line drawings and diagrams. 



29. 



R. LAFONT, organiser. 1974. DEUXIEME SEMINAIRE SUR LA DIFFERENCIATION 



CELLULAIRE CHEZ LES INSECTES 



Ecole Normale Superieure, Lab. de Zool., Paris. Publication du Lab. de Zool., Ecole 

 Norm. Super. No. 2. 252 pp., 44 figs., 3 pis., 4 tabs, (mimeographed) 



See review no. 28 above; second all-French colloquium held in Nemours in October 

 1973; research reports of work on, among other things, lepidopteran wing and dipteran 

 integument; reviews on ecdysones, juvenile hormones, and RNA metabolism; line 

 drawings, diagrams, and offset photographic plates. 



VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT (general) (see also 45) 



Textbooks 



30. 



J. B. PHILLIPS. 1975. DEVELOPMENT OF VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 



Mosby, St. Louis. VIII, 473 pp., 287 figs., 12 tabs., subject index. $ 15.70 



This text aims at integrating comparative anatomy and comparative embryology into 

 one continuous whole. The emphasis is very much on structure, although a limited 

 number of key experiments are described or mentioned and some molecular-biological 

 background is provided. 



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