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Series B. Vol. 77. No. B 5ip. 



BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



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The Growth of the Oocyte in Antedon : a Morphological Study in the Cell- 

 Metabolism. By GILBERT C. CHUBB, D.Sc, Assistant to the Jodrell 

 Professor of Zoology, University College, London. (Abstract) . . 384 



On the Inheritance of Coat Colour in Horses. By C. C. HURST . . 388 



Note on the Offspring of Thoroughbred Chestnut Mares. By 



W. F. R. WELDON, F.R.S . .394 



Chemical Action of Bacillus lactis aerogenes (Escherich) on Glucose and 

 Mannitol : Production of 2 : 3-ButyleneglycoI and Acetylmethylcarbinol. 

 By ARTHUR HARDEN, D.Sc, Ph.D., and GEORGE STANLEY 

 WALPOLE, B.Sc (Melbourne) 399 



The Alcoholic Ferment of Yeast-Juice. By ARTHUR HARDEN, D.Sc, 



Ph.D., and WILLIAM JOHN YOUNG, M.Sc 405 



The Quantitative Estimation of Small Quantities of Nickel in Organic 



Substances. By H. W. ARMIT and A. HARDEN, D.Sc, Ph.D. . . 420 



On Voges and Proskauer's Reaction for Certain Bacteria. By ARTHUR 



HARDEN, D.Sc, Ph.D • . . . . 424 



A Further Communication on the Specificity and Action in Vitro of 

 Gastrotoxin. By CHARLES BOLTON, M.D., Research Scholar of the 

 Grocers' Company. (Plates 1 6 and 17) . . . 426 



The Influence of Increased Barometric Pressure on Man. — No. I. By 

 LEONARD HILL, F.R.S., and M. GREENWOOD, Jun., M.R.C.S., Research 

 Scholar of the British Medical Association . . . . . . 442 



Studies on Enzyme Action— Lipase. By Dr. MAURICE NICLOUX . . 454 



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