in muscle development. Many more papers supply information on the cell biology of 

 muscle that was new at the time of writing. 



The international symposium was held in October 1973 in Carefree, Arizona and the 

 contributions are medium-length reviews of work that was very recent at that time. They 

 are exceedingly well illustrated and are followed by stimulating discussions. 



CELLULAR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (incl. cell culture, cytochemistry) (see also 



3,7,21,70,75,76,80,91,102,108) 



Textbooks 



92. 



M. F. GREAVES. 1975. CELLULAR RECOGNITION 



Chapman & Hall, London; John Wiley, New York. Outline Studies in Biology. 72 pp., 



24 figs., 5 tabs., subject index. £ 1.30 (paper) 



This is a highly condensed but extremely useful survey of what may be called 

 "receptor biology" in a broad sense, a subject of considerable importance for develop- 

 mental biology. The principles are clearly set out and attention is devoted to cell 

 membrane structure in relation to receptor function, and to the roles of cyclic nucleoti- 

 des and calcium ions. Then follow sections on neurotransmitter and hormone receptors, 

 receptors in the immune system, and several categories of selective cell interaction 

 (among them developmental interactions). Electrical and metabolic coupling between 

 cells are not considered. 



The book is illustrated mainly with good diagrams and the text is documented with 

 numerous references, most of them very recent. 



Monographs 



93. 



R. P. COX, ed. 1974. CELL COMMUNICATION 



Wiley, New York, etc. Wiley Series in the Dynamics of Cell Biology. X, 262 pp., 59 figs., 

 9 tabs., subject index. $ 22.00 



Cell communication is of such vital importance for developmental biology that we 

 briefly review this book here, although it was published some time ago and contains no 

 specific information on developing systems. The 1 1 chapters are authoritative medium- 

 length reviews which describe experimental evidence from a variety of systems on which 

 the current concepts and speculations regarding cell communication are based. 



We specifically mention the chapters by Gilula on cell junctions generally, by Sheridan 

 on electrical coupling, by Cox et al. on "metaboUc cooperation" between cells, by 

 Kolodny on transfer of macromolecules (with a valuable methodological section), and by 

 Rubin on cell growth regulation. 



The volume is well produced and superbly illustrated. 



94. 



T. P. EVGENEVA. 1975. CELL SURFACES AND THEIR TRANSFORMATION 



DURING DEVELOPMENT; an atlas of photomicrographs with the scanning electron 



microscope (in Russian) 



Publ. House Nauka, Moscow. 79 pp., 91 figs. 



Atlas of close to 100 SEM micrographs matched with a brief text and arranged 

 according to the following "types": Porifera (9 micrographs), Coelenterata (6), 

 Ctenophora (10), Chaetognatha (9), Echinodermata (11), Hemichordata (12), Tunicata 

 (13), Vertebrata (21); quality of reproduction moderate to reasonable. 



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