original research reports or reviews of recent work. Together they reflect the profound 

 influence Wolff has had on embryology, particularly in France but also outside it. Most of 

 the papers are by colleagues in the French-speaking world, by former associates, or by his 

 collaborators at the time of his retirement. Most papers are in French but almost all of 

 them have brief English summaries. 



The papers are grouped in four main sections as follows: Experimental morphogenesis 

 and teratogenesis (18 papers), Sex differentiation (8), Physiological, chemical and mole- 

 cular embryology (9), and Cancer studies (4). 



The volume is printed on glossy paper and very well illustrated. 



Reference works 



37. 



T. YAMAMOTO. 1975. MEDAKA (KILLIFISH), biology and strains 



Keigaku, Tokyo. Series of Stock Culture in Biological Field. VIII, 365 pp., 92 figs., 



18 pis., 8 tabs. 



This is an invaluable source book on a species of cyprinodont fish that has already 

 contributed considerably to several areas of biology, including embryology. It consists of 

 21 short chapters of which several have been contributed by the author's colleagues. 

 Almost everything that is known about the Medaka can be found here. 



The chapters of most use to developmental biologists are those on developmental 

 stages (with Normal Table plates), fertilisation, artificial activation, genetics (mainly of 

 colour genes, some 40 in number), and sex determination and differentiation. 



The book is very well illustrated and has a series of beautiful colour plates of colour 

 phenotypes and chromatophores. It is concluded by a complete bibUography on the 

 Medaka consisting of close to 1,000 titles; the large majority are in Japanese or were 

 pubUshed in Japanese journals. There are no indexes. 



DEVELOPMENT OF MAMMALS AND MAN (general) (see also 52,54,57,68,70,79,114, 



116, 123) 



Textbooks 



38. 



M. B. L. CRAIGMYLE and R. PRESLEY. 1975. EMBRYOLOGY. 2nd edit. 



BailUere Tindall, London. Concise Medical Textbooks. VIII, 263 pp., 105 figs., 9 tabs., 



subject index 



The first edition of this elementary text for medical students appeared in 1966. The 

 present edition was almost entirely rewritten and considerably extended. Since it deals 

 exclusively with human development the references to experimental embryology are 

 minimal. On the other hand, the major developmental anomaUes are briefly considered. 



All the illustrations are new and much better than in the first edition. A further 

 improvement is the addition to most chapters of suggestions for further reading, consis- 

 ting of both older and fairly recent literature. 



39. 



L. V. CROWLEY. 1974. AN INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL EMBRYOLOGY 



Year Book Medical PubUshers, Chicago. XIV, 425 pp., 262 figs., 7 tabs., subject index. 



£8.25 



This book is meant for students in medicine and related fields and is strongly oriented 

 towards congenital anomalies and clinical and pathological subjects. Those organ systems 

 in which congenital defects are relatively common are emphasised, while others, such as 

 the nervous system, are treated concisely. The muscular system is not treated separately. 

 Many congenital anomalies are illustrated with case reports. There are separate chapters 



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