72. 



N. K. WESSELLS. 1977. TISSUE INTERACTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT 



Benjamin, Menlo Park, Calif., etc. X, 276 pp., 135 figs., subject index. $ 10.00 (paper) 



Although this book was written for undergraduate students it is so full of ideas that it 

 makes delightful reading for any "mature" developmental biologist. Its illustrations, parti- 

 cularly the many scanning electron micrographs, are a joy to behold. 



The advantage of a book such as this is that it can delve much more deeply into the 

 subject than is possible in a comprehensive text. If this is moreover done in such an authori- 

 tative and thoroughly modem, yet critical and balanced manner, the result is most enjoy- 

 able. The treatment is of course selective but the examples are well chosen and the whole 

 text is well integrated. Whether we move at the level of the organ, the tissue, the cell or 

 the cell surface the sense of unity is never lost. The term "tissue interactions" is taken 

 very broadly and encompasses the role of hormones, nerves, extracellular materials and 

 cell coupling. 



Other good features are the summary "concepts" (or rather "conclusions") at the end 

 of each chapter and the annotated lists of readings. It is rather odd that no magnifications 

 are provided for the electron micrographs. In fig. 14.5 two pictures are transposed and 

 there are a number of annoying printing errors. 



Monographs 



73. 



T. PEXIEDER. 1975. CELL DEATH IN THE MORPHOGENESIS AND TERATOGE- 



NESIS OF THE HEART 



Springer, Berlin, etc. Advan. Anat. Embryol.Cell Biol. vol. 51,3. 100 pp., 52 figs., 9 tabs., 



subject index 



Summary of author's own research (mainly on chick embryos) from 1968 to 1973 

 against the background of the literature and findings in rat and man; special emphasis on 

 cell death in bulbar cushions; study of role of hemodynamics by aortic clipping and organ 

 culture; teratogenic experiments; 23-page bibliography. 



74. 



J. A. TUCKER et al. 1976. SURVEY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARYNGEAL 



EPITHELIUM 



Annals Publ. Co., St. Louis. Annals Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. vol. 85, 5 pt. 2 (suppl. 30). 

 16 pp., 1 1 figs., 2 tabs. 



Study of laryngeal epitheUum in embryos (Carnegie stages 14-23), fetuses (10-36 wks.), 

 neonate and adult; prenatal stages mainly with light microscopy, later stages with trans- 

 mission and scanning electron microscopy. 



75. 



M. WINICK. 1976. MALNUTRITION AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT 



Oxford Univ. Press., London, etc. XVI, 169 pp., 61 figs., 6 tabs., subject index. £ 5.00, 



$ 9.95 



Contents: 1 . Clinical malnutrition, 2. Normal cellular growth of the brain, 3. Nutrition 

 and cellular growth of the brain, 4. Malnutrition and prenatal growth, 5. Malnutrition 

 and mental development 



The table of contents of this monograph speaks for itself. The author has "tried to 

 select the most important animal and human studies, to evaluate them, and to develop an 



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