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14. ADVANCES IN MORPHOGENESIS 



Vol. 2, 1962 

 Vol. 3, 1964 



Editors: A. Abercrombie and J. Brachet Acad. Press 



Vol. 2: 388 pp., 170 figs. New York and London 



Vol. 3: 408 pp., 95 figs. Price: Vol. 2: $ 1 2.50 



Vol. 3:$ 14.00 



The first volume of this serial publication appeared in 1961, and was 

 announced in the ninth issue of the "General Embryological Information 

 Service" (p. 274). As predicted at that time, the series has established itself as 

 an invaluable review publication in the field of developmental biology, which 

 should be present in every institution where developmental research is carried 

 out. The relatively moderate price makes this possible. 



The outstanding features of the series are, first, its very broad range of topics 

 and second, the fact that authors from so many different schools and countries 

 are invited to contribute to it. Another feature is rapid publication, which 

 becomes apparent from the fact that often the most recent literature is cited. 



All the reviews are in English. In order to give an impression of the range 

 of topics the table of contents of both volumes is printed below. 



Contents vol. 2. Morphogenesis in Stentor (V. Tartar); Symmetrization of the egg of verte- 

 brates (J. Clavert); Comparative biochemical studies on amphibian and invertebrate development 

 (E. Urbani); The Acrasina (B. M. Shaffer); Histochemical aspects of limb morphogenesis in 

 vertebrates (J. Milaire); The proteins in embryonic and larval development (S. Ranzi); 

 Ooplasmic reaction systems in insect embryogenesis (G. Krause and K. Sander); Factors in 

 morphogenesis of regenerating fresh-water planaria (Th. Lender); Experimental morphology of 

 the aortic arches and the heart loop in chick embryos (Z. Rychter). 



Contents vol. 3. Mechanisms of determination in the development of gastropods (Chr. P. 

 Raven); Non-filamentous aquatic fungi: model systems for biochemical studies of morphological 

 differentiation (E. C. Cantino and J. S. Lovett); Biochemical studies on the early development 

 of the sea urchin (A. Monroy and R. Maggio); Biochemical aspects of animalization and vege- 

 talization in the sea urchin embryo (R. Lallier); The blood of chick embryos: quantitative embry- 

 ology at a cellular level (L. Lemez); The role of nucleic acids and sulphydryl groups in 

 morphogenesis (amphibian egg development, regeneration in Acetabularia) (J. Brachet); The 

 Acrasina (Continued from Vol 2) (B. M. Shaffer); Cell divisions, duration of interkinetic 

 states and differentiation in early stages of embryonic development (T. A. Dettlaff); The 

 morphogenetic role of the cortex of the amphibian egg (J. J. Pasteels). 



15. GROWTH, 



including reproduction and morphological development 

 1962 



Editors: P. L. Altman and D, S. Dittmer Federation of American 



608 pp., 154 tbs. Societies for Experimental Biology 



Washington, D.C. 

 Price: $ 12.50 



This compilatory work is a sequel to the "Handbook of Biological Data" 

 which appeared in 1956. It covers some sections of the former book in much 

 greater detail. The present work is again in the form of mainly tabular surveys, 



