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Behaviour of Micro Organisms. Edited by -4. PEREZ-MIRAVETE. 301 pp. Plenum. 1973. $19.50.

THIS is based on the Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Microbiology held in Mexico City in 1970. The section headings are: Chemotaxis and chemotropism; Photo- taxis; Roll of the cell membrane in behaviour of paramesium; Amoeboid movement and behaviour ; Flagella and cilia; Habituation and other behaviour modifications ; Biological clocks. It is an interesting account of the cellular basis of behaviour.

Amniotic Fluid. Research and Clinical Application. Edited by D. V. I. FAIRWEATHER & T. K. A. B. ESKES. 343 pp. American Elsevier. 1973. $31.00.

THIS volume, with contributions by twenty-five different authors, presents an up-to-date summary of most aspects of research on amniotic fluid, and its clinical application. This includes the origin and circulation of the amniotic fluid; amniocentesis; biochemical studies on amniotic fluid; hormones; enzymes; prostaglandins ; gas tensions and embolism.

Contemporary Topics in Molecular Immunology. Vol. 2. Edited by R. A. REISFIELD & W. J. MANDY. 276 pp. Plenum. 1973. $16.50.

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X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Immunoglobulins-ROBERTO J. POLJACK. Structural Analysis of the Antibody Combining Site-DAVID GIVOL. Primary Structure of Rabbit and Mouse Immunoglobulin Light Chains Structural Correlates of Allotypy-E. APPELLA & J. K. INMAN. Studies of Rabbit Allotypes by crossed-linked Antisera-R. & S. TOSI. Idiotypic Specificity as a Probe for Investigating Persistence and Changes in Clones of Cells producing Immunoglobulins-S. SPRING-STEWART & A. NISONOFF. Immunoglobulins and Antibodies in Pigs-J. REJNEK & L. PROKESOVA. Activation of the Complement System-N. R. COOPER. HL-A Antigens and Complement in the Lymphocytotoxic Reaction-S. FERRONE & M. A. PELLEGRINO. Functional Molecular Anatomy of Fibrinogen; Antibodies as Biological Probes of Structure-T. S. EDGINGTON & E. F. PLOW.

Contemporary Topics in Immunobiology. Vol. 2. Edited by A. J. S. DAVIES Sr R. L. CARTER. 361 p. Plenum. 1973. $26.00.

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The Thymus and Lymphomyeloid System in Poikilothermic Vertebrates-EDwIN L. COOPER. Effect of Thymectomy on Immunological Responses in the Sheep-BEDE MORRIS. Nature of the Responding Organism: Responders and Non-responders-F. CARL GRUMET & HUGH 0. MCDEVITT. The Intrathymic Environment-SAM L. CLARK, JR. A Note on Hassall’s Corpuscles-Lours KATER. Cell Migration and the Thymus-Guy SAINTE-MARIE. Ecology of Thymus Dependency-MARIA A. B. DE SOUSA. Morphological Changes in the Thymus-dependent Lymphoid System Associated with Pathological Conditions in Animals and Man: Their Functional Significance- J. L. TURK.