DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS, EVOLUTION (see also 37,78,99) 



Monographs 



110. 



W. J. DICKINSON and D. T. SULLIVAN. 1975. GENE-ENZYME SYSTEMS IN DROSO- 



PHILA 



Springer, Berlin, etc. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation Vol. 6. XII, 163 pp., 

 32 figs., 4 tabs., subject index. DM 58.00, $ 23.80 



Drosophila is probably the eukaryotic organism that has been studied in most detail 

 from both genetical and developmental viewpoints. This monograph is an extremely 

 well-organised and readable survey of the existing literature on well-defined gene-enzyme 

 systems in this species. It provides a complete description of all gene-enzyme systems that 

 have been studied in detail, gives an introduction to the most useful methods, and 

 indicates the range of problems on which such studies can be brought to bear. In this 

 latter area the main emphasis is on work relevant to gene regulation in eukaryote 

 development and to the organisation of the eukaryotic genome. 



The text is in the main organised according to individual enzymes and cites no less 

 than 64 genetic loci. The book contains a wealth of tabular and graphic material and 

 some good illustrations. The bibliography consists of some 375 titles. 



Symposium reports 



111. 



L. RENSING, H. H. TREPTE, and G. BIRUKOW, eds. 1975. REGULATIONSMECHA- 

 NISMEN DER GENAKTIVITAT UND REPLIKATION BEI RIESENCHROMOSOMEN 

 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Gottingen. Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in 

 Gottingen. II. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse, Jahrgang 1975, Nr. 11. 72 pp., 18 figs. 



Summaries in German of a series of papers presented at a colloquium held in 

 Gottingen, West Germany in March 1975; 18 papers, mostly by German authors; the 

 great majority deal with physiological and molecular work on polytene and lampbrush 

 chromosomes in insects; illustrated with diagrams; useful particularly for those active in 

 this area. 



Reference works 



112. 



R. C. KING. 1974. A DICTIONARY OF GENETICS. 2nd edit, revised 



Oxford Univ. Press, New York, etc. 375 pp. £ 4.75 (paper) 



This revised 2nd edition bears the year 1974 but was not issued until March 1976. 

 Some of the flaws signalised in previous reviews have been removed, but the main change 

 is a considerable expansion of the appendices A (chronology of genetics and cytology), B 

 (periodicals), C (laboratories in North America), and D (films). A new appendix lists gene 

 localisations and other properties of human chromosomes. 



113. 



R. C. KING, ed. 1975. HANDBOOK OF GENETICS 



Vol. 3 Invertebrates of genetic interest 



Vol. 4 Vertebrates of genetic interest 



Plenum, New York, etc. Vol. 3: XIV, 874 pp., 60 figs., 65 tabs. Vol. 4: XIV, 669 pp., 



38 figs., 101 tabs.; author and subject indexes. $ 59.50 each 



These two volumes contain much information that can be of importance to develop- 

 mental geneticists. The books are largely compilatory in nature and are intended as source 

 books on the morphology, reproductive biology, culture methods, stocks and mutant 



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