Orofacial growth and development

Orofacial growth and development

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in this section are those books which have been received for review, or of which

we have otherwise been informed. subsequent

The mention

of a book in this section does not preclude

review in the Journal.

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.