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(1) THE number of cytological books is rapidly . increasing. The two before us, while both morphological, are almost entirely different in their contents. The work by Geitler aims, on the whole successfully, at giving a statement of the fundamental facts of general cytology, and cites results from plant and animal cells with equal frequency. Its six sections deal respectively with cell morphology, cell division, nuclear division, fertilisation, meiosis, and cytology in relation to heredity. The work is illustrated with 209 figures, some of which are original, a number being photomicrographs. Some of the recent studies of chromosome structures are given, including photographs of the salivary gland chromosomes in the Simulium larva. Selected studies are given from the Protozoa, Algae and other groups of plants as well as the higher plants and animals. This book will serve a useful function as an introduction to the modern problems connected with cytology.
(1) Grundriss der Cytologie
Von Dr. Lothar Geitler. Pp. viii + 296. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1934.) 19.20 gold marks.
(2) Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie
Herausgegeben von Prof. K. Linsbauer. Allgemeiner Teil: Cytologie (Die Organe der Zelle). Band 2: Allgemeine Pflanzenkaryologie. Hälfte 1: Der ” Ruhekern”. Von Prof. Dr. Georg Tischler Zweite Auflage. Pp. xx + 630. (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1934.) 64 gold marks.
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(1) Grundriss der Cytologie (2) Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie. Nature 136, 495 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136495b0
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