Panbiogeography — Tracking the History of Life. Robin C. Craw, John R. Grehan and Michael J. Heads. Oxford University Press, New York. 1999. Pp. 229. Price £45.00, hardback. ISBN 0 19 507441 6.

Chromosome Structural Analysis — A Practical Guide. W. A. Bickmore (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 209. Price £29.95, paperback. ISBN 0 19 963698 2.

Prokaryotic Gene Expression (Frontiers in Molecular Biology Series, 21). Simon Baumberg (ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 325. Price £32.95, paperback. ISBN 0 19 963603 6.

Genetic Methods for Diverse Prokaryotes (Methods in Microbiology, 29). Margaret C. M. Smith and R. Elizabeth Sockett (eds). Academic Press, San Diego. 1999. Pp. 500. Price $59.95, comb-bound paperback ISBN 0 12 652340 1.