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The Distribution of the Human Blood Groups and other Polymorphisms (Oxford
Monographs
Mourant, 19762.
tion of human attempt ences.
classify,
calculations
This
anthropology
groups.
unique
The
tabulate
Oxford
authors
compendium
&
K.
Genetics).
By A.
E.
Domaniewska-Sobczak.
University
Press.
A vol.
in-4”,
Bound E55.00.
overview of our knowledge
of the distribu-
have
in a successful
devoted
many
years
and index a vast body of observations,
and listing and checking
and human
on Medical
KopeC
1058 pp., tabs, maps, bibl., index.
book presents an up-to-date blood
to collect,
statistical
C.
London:
xvi + This outstanding
A.
many
will be needed
thousands
carrying
of bibliographic
by every research
worker
out refer-
in physical
genetics. Contents
Introduction. The ABO blood groups. The MN% and P blood groups. The rhesus blood groups. The Lutheran and Kell blood groups. ABH antigen secretion and the Lewis antigens. The Duffy, Kidd, The plasma proteins. Diego, and other blood group systems. The proteins of the blood: introduction. The red-cell enzymes. The haemoglobins. Other biochemial polymorphisms. Gene frequency calculations computer estimation--J. Washbrook. Northern and central Europe. Southern Europe. The Near East: Arabs and Jews. North Africa. Afghanistan and the Indian region. South-east Asia. Eastern, central and northern Asia. Australasia. Africa south of the Sahara Desert. The indigenous peoples of America. Migrant and hybrid populations. An attempt at a synthesis. Some recent discoveries.
Orofacial Growth and Development (World Anthropology).
Edited by A. A. Dahlberg
& T. M.
Graber. 1977. The Hague & Paris: Mouton Publishers. A vol. in-a”, xiv + 354 pp., figs, tabs, plates, bibl., index. Cloth $24.50. This volume contains Development
and
papers that were presented
Dental
Anthropology Journal
during
at the Symposium the
IXth
on Oral Growth
International
of Human Evolution (1979) 8, 301-310
Congress
and of
302
BOOK
Anthropological relating
NEWS
and Ethnological
to dentition
Sciences.
The authors
in the field of genetics,
growth,
synthetize
the latest concepts
development,
morphology
and
anthropology. Contents
Preface. Introduction--dlbert A. Dahlberg and Thomas M. Graber. Growth. The role of the craniofacial cartilages in the postnatal growth of the craniofacial skeleton-Kuleoi Koski; The development of a cephalometric atlas of craniofacial morphology-&o&y F. Walker. Development. Early maxillary orthopedics and oesteoplasty in cleft lip and palate and their effects on facial growth-Sheldofl kt’. Rosenstein and Bailey N. Jacobson; Variations in the microstructures of primate teeth--Stephen Molnar; The effect of heavy orthopedic forces on the sutures of the facial bones--Helmut Droschl and Thomas M. Gruber; The biology of the human chin-Robert H. Uiggersta$. Genetics. Dental genetics--A. Lundstr~m;The 47, XYY-Male, Y-Chromosome and tooth size: a preliminary communication--lassi Aloesalo, Richard H. Osborne and Markku Kari; Crown-size reduction in congenital defects-M. Michael Cohen, Bruce J. Baum, Dental anthropology and population studies. Stanley M. Gartl, Carlos J. Osorio and Herrold M. Nqy. The adaptive significance of Eskimo craniofacial morphologyWilliam L. Hylander; Variations in dental traits within populations-Patricia Smith; The dental condition of Chinese living in IJverpool-Der!ps H. Goose; Dentition of the Ainu and the Australian Aborigines-Knzuro Hanihara; A comparative study of the dental, cranial, and facial phenotypes of subjects having congenital defects of the superior lateral incisors-Pierre Le Bot; Cultural and environmental influences on the Eskimo dentition---Johrl 7: M<~~‘hall; Dentition of Easter Islanders-C. G. Turner, II and G. R. Scott; Uncommon dental traits in population studies-Pentti Kirveskari; Craniofacial description of Wainwright Alaskan Eskimos--Robert GderquiJt and Albert A. Dahlberg; Odontoglyphics: the laws of variation of the human molar crown microreliefA. A. Zoubou; An anthropological approach to the study of dental pathology-Richard T. Koritzer; Morphological changes in human teeth and jaws in a high-attrition environment-_Il/illiam L. t-[plunder. .4pl;endix: abstracts. The histogenetic specificity of Meckel’s Chondrocytes-Clarke L. Johnsor,; Toothless alhino rats-William R. Cotton and James F. Gaines.
Tissue
Culture.
Methods
and Applications
Edited by P. F. G-use, Jr. & M. K. Patterson, New York, San Francisco & London: Academic vol.
in-8”,
xxviii + 868
pp.,
figs,
tabs,
Jr. 1973. Press. A
index.
Bound
$24.50. Featuring complete
the work of more than collection
of techniques
180 well-known for culturing
investigators,
vertebrate,
this volume
invertebrate
includes
a
and plant cells
and tissues. This book also describes the uses of tissue cultures in a wide range of scientific disciplines including cell hybridization, virus propagation and assay, production of hormones
and intercelIular
substances
and the diagnosis and understanding
of disease.
Contents Preface, Paul F. Kruse, Jr. Primary Tissue Dissociation. Pronase-Ralph B. L. Gwatkin. Trypsin. Mammalian Tissues-Charles Shipman, Jr.; High yield method for kidney tissue-Hector Monies de Oca; Marine teleost fish tissues-M. Michael Sigel and Annie R. Ben&y; AmphibionTissues-Jerome J. Freed; Collagenase treatment of chick heart and thyroid-S. Robert Hilfeer; Sequential enzyme treatment of mouse mammary gland--F. J. A. Prop and G. J. Wiepjes. Nonenzymatic Dissociations. Leukocyte cell separation on glass-Y. Rabinowitz; Specific cell fractionation on chemically derivatized surfaces-Gerald M. Edelman. Preparation of Primary Cultures. Human skin fibroblasts-G. M. Martin; Fetal human diploid cellsLeonard Hayjick; Human mammary tumors--E. Y. Lasfargues; Human glia cells--Jon Ponte’n; Human liver cells-M. Edward Kaighn; Human blood leukocytes-Paul S. Moorhead; Amniocentesis-Lewis L. Coriell: Human lymph nodes-Magdalena E&per; Human biopsy material from genetic abnormalities-Arthur E. Greene; Mammalian myocardial cells--Frederick H. Kasten; Mammalian glomerular cells---leonnrd I. Quadracci and Gary E. Striker; Organotypic mammalian central and peripheral nerve tissue-Murray B.