Dissertations 



50. 



M. CALLEBAUT. 1975. BIJDRAGE TOT DE STUDIE VAN DE OOGENESIS VAN DE 



VOGELS (in Dutch) (Contribution to the study of avian oogenesis) 



Dissertation, State Univ. Centre Antwerp. 320 pp., 141 figs., (9-page French summary, 



8-page English summary) 



Detailed cytological, cytochemical and autoradiographic study of chick and quail 

 oogenesis, both in the embryo and chick (last intensive proliferation till start of intrafolU- 

 cular development) and in the adult (pre-lampbrush, lampbrush and post-lampbrush stages); 

 ovarian organ culture; autoradiography with thymidine and other labelled precursors; 

 formation of cortex, yolk, and germinal disc; numerous excellent micrographs and 

 diagrams. 



Symposium reports 



51. 



R. J. BLANDAU, ed. 1975. AGING GAMETES, their biology and pathology 

 Karger,Basel, etc. XII,415 pp., 148 figs., 61 tabs., author and subject indexes. Sfr. 120.00, 

 $ ca. 44.00, DM 114.00, £ 17.50 



This volume embodies the papers presented at an international symposium held in 

 Seattle, Wash, in June 1973. Although the subject is marginal for most of our readers, we 

 briefly review it for its interest to teratologists and reproductive biologists. 



Almost all of the 19 papers are well-organized reviews of recent work, and at least half 

 of them are of considerable interest to those mentioned above as well as to those 

 interested in the pathology of early mammalian development. Most of the authors are 

 eminent authorities in the field. Almost all the work reported is on mammals and man, 

 but one paper deals with avian gametes. 



The book is sumptuously produced and superbly illustrated. 



52. 



C. L. MARKERT and J. PAPACONSTANTINOU, eds. 1975. THE DEVELOPMENTAL 



BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION 



Academic Press, New York, etc. XIV, 352 pp., 162 figs., 29 tabs., subject index. $ 14.50, 



£6.95 



Contributors: Barraclough, Clark, Dure, Fawcett, Flerko, Gardner, Glasser, Harris, 

 Kochert, Manes, Salomon, Sherman, Smith, Stevens, Tarkowski, Turgeon, Walbot, 

 Whitten, WilUams 



The 33rd symposium of the American Society for Developmental Biology was held in 

 Athens, Ga. in June 1974. Among the 25 contributors three were from outside the U.S.A. 

 The contributions are authoritative, well-organised and well-illustrated reviews of selected 

 basic aspects of reproduction in the broad sense, and almost all are of immediate interest 

 to our readers. 



The 13 papers are arranged in five sections as follows: Gametogenesis (3 papers, of 

 which one on Volvox); Parthenogenesis (2 on mouse); Early development (3 on mammals 

 and one on cotton embryogenesis); Hormonal controls in reproduction (2 on rat); 

 Implantation (2 on mammals). 



Some papers are up to date until 1973 but most until 1974. The book is well prmted 

 and the numerous photographic illustrations are well reproduced. 



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