CYTOLOGY AND CYTOGENETICS

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1964. Sixth Printing . Grey Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/4" Tall. This book," the author, a professor of biology at Johns Hopkins, writes, "brings together in integrated fashion the findings of cellular morphology, behavior, physiology, and biochemistry, which have been grouped under the general term, "cytology," and then considers these data in their relation to inheritance and evolution." The major topics are the Generalized Cell; Cell Division and Syngamy; the Function of the Chromosome; Chromosome Structure; Variations in Chromosome Structure and Number; Chromosome Movement; Crossing Over and Chiasma Formation; Variations in Chromosome Behavior; Spontaneous and Induced Chromosomal Aberrations; the Chemistry of Nuclei and ChromosomeS; Chromosomes and Genes; Evolution of the Karyotype; Evolution of Sex-Determining Mechanisms; Role of Aberrations in Evolution; and Apomixis and Parthenogenesis. 18 charpters in all, 596 pages, with Introduction, tables, figures, half-tones, Concluding Statement, References and Index; plus Preface and Contents. Covers are sound but lightly grimed; bookstore stamp on front EPs, inked name of prior owner on rfEP; text is clean and strong.