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of
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the material relates to mammals and man
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(frequently abnormal differentiation)
, but a few papers bring in material of other vertebrate orders.
The 32 papers are arranged in four sections as follows: Morphological aspects
of differentiation (7 papers) , Control mechanisms of skin metabolism
(8) , Control mechanisms of epidermal differentiation (9) , and Biochemical
characterization of epidermal cell constituents (8)
The volume is well produced and illustrated, among other things, with many
good light and electron micrographs.
Colteations of papers
74.
N.E.ALANIYA et at. 1977. ULTRASTRUCTURAL INVESTIGATIONS ON CELLS OF THE EYE
RUDIMENT DURING ITS DIFFERENTIATION (in Russian)
Metsniereba, Tbilisi. 88 pp., 43 figs., 1 tab. 35 Kop. (paper)
Five research papers (4 on chick, 1 on mouse) ; retina and lens; actinomycin-D
effects and acetylcholine [inter alia) ; numerous light and electron
micrographs.
75.
G.S.KVINIKHIDZE et at. 1976. CORRELATION BETWEEN ULTRASTRUCTURE AND PROTEIN
SYNTHESIS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EYE RUDIMENT IN BIRDS (in Russian)
Metsniereba, Tbilisi. 132 pp., 46 figs., 5 tabs. 70 Kop. (paper)
Report of a joint investigation; material and methods and 7 brief chapters
(DNA content, DNA synthesis, RNA and protein content, enzyme activity in
lens, retina and other tissues; ultrastructure in one chapter) ; conclusion
by first author (10 pp.); light and electron micrographs; 83 references (38
Russian)
CELLULAR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (incl. cell culture, cytochemistry) (see also
50,53,58,62,65,90,95)
Monographs
76.
F.D'AMATO. 1977. NUCLEAR CYTOLOGY IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENT
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, etc. Developmental and Cell Biology Series,
vol.6. VIII, 283 pp., 82 figs., 40 tabs., combined subject and taxonomic index;
bibliography serves as author index. £ 15.00
Contents: 1. Life cycles, 2. The cell cycle, 3. Meiosis: its course, modification
and suppression, 4. Mosaics and chimeras, 5. The chromosome complement
of differentiated cells, 6. Differential DNA replication, 7. Gene
expression during differentiation and development, 8. The regulation of
gene activity, 9. Regeneration and totipotency of cells and nuclei
The title of this book is a little misleading in that the area covered is
much broader than nuclear structure: in fact it deals with the nuclear and
sub-nuclear phenomena associated with developmental processes of widely varying
kinds. The book's great value lies in the fact that examples are taken
from both the plant and animal kingdom, so that it repeatedly provides new
insights for the specialist working with material from either kingdom.
The aim of the book is not clearly stated and it has no distinct "connecting
thread". Moreover, the treatment is a little idiosyncratic in places and
some important subjects are treated cursorily or not at all. A case in point
is the relation between proliferation and differentiation, and more particularly
the theory of "quantal mitoses".
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