Selected Readings 107 



Selected Readings 



Popular discussions of many of the investigations described in these 



chapters can be found in the back issues of Scientific American. Ask your 



school librarian for a list of the articles. 



Brachet, J., Biochemical Cytology. New York: Academic Press, 1958. A 

 very advanced study of cell development. 



Brachet, J., Chemical Embryology, 2nd ed. New York: Interscience, 1950. 

 An advanced discussion of the subject. 



Butler, E., and D. Rudnick, eds., The Symposia of the Society for the 

 Study of Growth and Development. Princeton: Princeton Univer- 

 sity Press, 1953 to present. Contains a wide variety of general re- 

 views of developmental biology. These discussions are at an ad- 

 vanced level. 



Waddington, C. H., Principles of Embryology. London: Allen & Unwin, 

 1956. A good elementary embryology text. 



Willier, B. H., P. A. Weiss, and V. Hamburger, Analysis of Development. 

 Philadelphia: Saunders, 1955. A comprehensive advanced treatise 

 on embryology. 



Wilson, E. B., The Cell in Development and Heredity. New York: Mac- 

 millan, 1925. A true classic, as fresh and illuminating as if it had 

 been written yesterday. It should, however, be reserved by the 

 serious student until his senior year for full appreciation. 



