Book Reviews

Peroxisomes in Biology and Medicine Edited by HD Fahimi and H Sies Springer-Verlag

Molecular Biology of DNA Methylation (In Springer Series in Molecular Biology, Series Editor: A Rich) By R.L.P. Adams and R.H. Burdon.     

Book Reviews

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Structure and Function (NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 3) Edited by A. MAELICKE Springer-Verlag, Berlin

The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology C. Von Sonntag Taylor & Francis

Advances in Free Radicals in Disease Corongiu, F.P., Tomasi, A. and Vannini

Modern Biological Theories of Aging Aging Series Vol. 31. WARNER, H.R., BUTLER, R.N., SPROTT, R.L. and SCHNEIDER     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Heitefuß, R., K. König, A. Obst und M. Reschke , Pflanzenkrankheiten und Schädlinge im Ackerbau.
Fahy, P. C., and G. J. Persley , Plant Bacterial Diseases, A Diagnostic Guide.
Palti, J., and R. Ausher (Eds) , Advisory work in crop pest and disease management. Crop Protection Monographs.
Sommer, B., und H. Marschner , Pflanzenverfügbarkeit von Schwermetallen nach langjähriger Düngung mit Klärschlämmen. Agrar- und Umweltforschung in Baden-Württemberg, Band 13.
Thalmann, A. , Fusarientoxine in Futtermitteln und Lebensmittelrohstoffen.
Bailey, E. J. A. , Biology and Molecular Biology of Plant-Pathogen Interactions (NATO ASI Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 1).
Köhler, J. K. (Ed.) , Advanced Techniques in Biological Electron Microscopy III.
Hickey, K. D. (Ed.) , Methods for Evaluating Pesticides for Control of Plant Pathogens.     

Reviews

Inducible Plant Proteins. Their Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series, Vol. 49. Ed. by J. L. W ray .
The Action Plant. Movement and Nervous Behaviour in Plants . By P aul S imons .
Plants and Microclimate. A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology , 2nd edn. By H. G. J ones .
Acidic Deposition. Its Nature and Impacts . By F. T. L ast and R. W atling .
Biology of the Grapevine . By M ichael G. M ullins , A lain B ouquet and L arry E. W illiams .
Sweet Potato – An Untapped Food Resource . By J. A. W oolfe .
Algae and Symbioses: Plants, Animals, Fungi, Viruses, Interactions Explored . Ed. by W. R eisser .
Vegetation of New Zealand . By P. W ardle .
Microspores: Evolution and Ontogeny . Ed. by S. B lackmore and R. B. K nox .     

Elementary School Biology Revisited

Nuclear Power, Man and the Environment R. J. Pentrealh. 255 pp. London: Taylor and Francis, 1980. £6.00. ISBN 085109 8401 Reviewed by David Brookes

Animal Suffering: The Science of Animal Welfare M. Stamp Dawkins. 149 pp. London: Chapman and Hall, 1980. £7.50/£3.95. ISBNs 0 412 22580 8/225905 Reviewed by H. V. Wyatt

Isoenzymes Outline Studies in Biology. C. C. Rider and C. B. Taylor. 78 pp. London: Chapman and Hall, 1980. £2.45. ISBNO 412 15640 Reviewed by C. M. Bray

Membrane Physiology and Cell Excitation B. Hendry. 159 pp. London: Croom Helm, 1981. £9.95/£4.50. ISBNs 0 709901488/01496 Reviewed by B. N. Davies

Introduction to Embryonic Development S. B. Oppenheimer. 404 pp. London: Allyn and Bacon, 1980. £13.25. ISBN 0205068995 Reviewed by A. B. G. Lansdown

Genetics of Microbes Tertiary Level Biology B. W. Bainbridge. 193 pp. Bishopbriggs, Glasgow: Blackie, 1980. £16.95/£7.95. ISBNs 0 216 91006 4/910072 Reviewed by R. Waters

Genetic Engineering-Cloning DNA Outline Studies in Biology. D. M. Glover. 64pp. London: Chapman and Hall, 1980. £2.45. ISBN0412 161702 Reviewed by R. Waters

Bioenergetics of Autotrophs and Heterotrophs Studies in Biology, No. 126. J. W. Anderson. 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1980: £2.50 ISBN 0 7131 28070 Reviewed by K. H. Goulding

Grass. Its Production and Utilization Ed. W. Holmes. 295 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1980. £8.50. ISBN 0632006188 Reviewed by David Higgs

Atlas of Flowering Plant Structure Jean-Claude Roland and F. Rowland. 103 pp. London: Longman. 1980. £6.25. ISBN 0582 45589 Reviewed by David Higgs

Biological Functions of Carbohydrates Tertiary Level Biology. D. J. Candy. 197 pp. Glasgow: Blackie. 1980. £16.95/£7.95. ISBNs 0 216 91010 2/910110 Reviewed by Charles F. A. Bryce

Neuroethology: An Introduction D. M. Guthrie. 221 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific. 1980. £8.75. ISBN 0632 003030 Reviewed by S.M. Evans

Biological Chemistry: The Molecular Approach to Biological Systems K. E. and C. J. Suckling. 381 pp. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. £25.00/£9.95. ISBNs 0 521228522/296781 Reviewed by K.H. Goulding

Influences on Animal Growth and Development Studies in Biology, No. 116. R. A. L. Ball 60 pp. London: Edward Arnold, 1980. £2.40. ISBNO 7131 2769 4 Reviewed by K.R. Tyler

Insect Physiology W. Mordue, G. J. Goldsworthy, J. Brady and W. M. Blaney. 108 pp. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 1980. £5.75. ISBN063200385 Reviewed by Robert Barrass

Statistics for Biology 3rd edn. O. N. Bishop. 213pp. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1980. £2.50. ISBNO 582353300 Reviewed by Mark Williamson     

REVIEWS

The Living Tundra. By Yu. I. C hernov . Translated by D. L öve .
Cell Ageing and Cell Death. Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series 25. Ed. by I. D avies and D. C. S igee .
Lake Sediments and Environmental History: Studies in Palaeolimnology in Honour of Winifred Tutin. Ed. by E. Y. H aworth and J. W. G. L und .
Plant Molecular Biology (Tertiary Level Biology). By D. G rierson and S. C ovey .     

Equipment News

The Principles of Plant Pathology. S. A. J. TARR. Pp. 632. London: MacMillan, 1972. £1000. Reviewed by A. A. Brunt

Genetic Diversity and Natural Selection. JAMES MURRAY. Pp. vii + 128 + 23figs. Edinburgh: Oliver &; Boyd Ltd. 1972. £2·50. Reviewed by J. A. Beardmore

Advances in Microbial Physiology. Edited by A. H. ROSE and J. F. WILKINSON. Pp. 302+40 figs. London and New York: Academic Press Ltd. £500. Reviewed by Curtis G. Gemmell

Plants in the Service of Man—10,000 Years of Domestication EDWARD HYAMS Pp. xiii+222+33 illustrations London: J. M. Dent &; Sons Ltd. £2·95. Reviewed by Eric Caulton

The Challenge of Genetics. E. H. SIMON &; J. GROSSFIELD. Pp. 281. Reviewed by I. J. Gibson

Methods in Microbiology, Volume 4. Edited by C. BOOTH. (Series editors J. R. NORRIS and D. W. RIBBONS) Pp. xiv+795. Reviewed by G. Ayerst

Explorations in the Life of Fishes. N. B. MARSHALL. Pp. 204, 54 figs. Reviewed by T. Kerr

Feedback Mechanisms in Animal Behaviour. D. J. McFARLAND. Pp. vii+279 + 181 figs. London: Academic Press Inc. £3·80. Reviewed by P. J. B. Slater

Biology and the Human Sciences—The Herbert Spencer Lectures—1970. Edited by J. W. S. PRINGLE. Pp. viii + 140, 6 figs, 2 tables. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1972. £2·50. Reviewed by Paul Rogers

Merrow Monographs. T. H. SAVORY. Latin and Greek for Biologists. Pp. 34. Biology of the Cryptozoa. Pp. 48. The Principles of Mechanistic Biology. Pp. 35. Evolution in the Arachnida. Pp. 42. Reviewed by G. W. Shaw     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Book reviewed in this article:
reviews type of article–
M ason , J. L. (ed.): Evolution of domesticated animals . London, New York: Longman 1984.
G riffiths , G. C. D. (ed.): Flies of the Nearctic Region . Vol. VIII: Cyclorrhapha II (Schizophora: Calyptratae), Part 2 Anthomyiidae, Number 1 by G. C. D. G riffiths . Stuttgart: E. Schweitzerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1982.
S impson , G. G.: Penguins . Past and Present, Here and There. New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1983.
G ans , E.; P ouch , F. H. (eds.): Biology of the Reptilia . Vol. 12. New York – London: Academic Press 1982. 564 S. DM 353,–. G ans , E. (ed.):
M atsuno , K.; D ose , K.; H arada , K.; R ohlfing , D. L. (eds.): Molecular Evolution and Protobiology . New York, London
F elsenstein , J. (ed.): Numerical Taxonomy . Nato AS1 Series. Series G Ecological Sciencesxs
S meets , W. J. A. J.; N ieuwenhuys , R.; R oberts , B. L.: The Central Nervous System of Cartilaginous Fishes . Structure and Functional Correlations. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer 1983
H echt , M. K.; W allace , B.; P range , G. T. (eds.): Evolutionary Biology . Vol. 18. New York and London     

Book Reviews

Senile Dementia: Outlook for the Future (Modern Aging Research, Vol. 5) edited by J. Wertheimer and M. Marois. Alan R. Liss
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by W. I. P. Mainwaring, J. H. Parish, J. D. Pickering, and N. H. Mann.
Modulation of Sensorimotor Activity During Alterations in Behavioural States edited by R. Bandler. Alan R. Liss
Monoamine Innervation of Cerebral Cortex (Neurology and Neurobiolgy, Vol. 10) edited by L. Descarries, T. R. Reader, and H. H. Jasper, Alan R. Liss
Neurocommunications: An Introduction by I. C. Whitfield
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes by B. Hille
Metabolic Probes of Central Nervous System Activity in Experimental Animals and Man (Magnes Lecture Series, Vol. 1) by Louis Sokoloff
Neurobiology (The Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. V) edited by R. N. Rosenberg, R. G. Grossman, S. S. Schochet Jr., E. R. Heinz, W. D. Willis Jr.     

Book Reviews

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Structure and Function (NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 3) Edited by A. MAELICKE Springer-Verlag, Berlin

The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology C. Von Sonntag Taylor & Francis

Advances in Free Radicals in Disease Corongiu, F.P., Tomasi, A. and Vannini

Modern Biological Theories of Aging Aging Series Vol. 31. WARNER, H.R., BUTLER, R.N., SPROTT, R.L. and SCHNEIDER     

Signalling Plant Development

Cellular Integration of Signalling Pathways in Plant Development (1998). Lo Schiavo F, Last RL, Morelli G, Raikhel NV (Eds). NATO ASI Series. Series H, Cell Biology; Vol. 104. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, DM 198 hardback; ISBN 3 540 64014 2     

Book Reviews

Plant Life in West Africa. G. W. LAWSON. 8 × 5¼ in. pp. ix + 150 with 34 plates. Oxford: University Press, 1966. 22s. 6d. Reviewed by R. W. J. Keay

Wild Life and the Countryside: Nos. 255–262. Wildlife Publications, 10 Bouverie St., London, E.C.4. 16s./p.a. (9 copies). Reviewed by Ernest Neal

Vertebrate Palaeontology. A. S. ROMER. 3rd edition, pp. 468, 443 figs. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1967, 72s. Reviewed by C. B. Cox

Sensory Mechanisms. J. CASE. Pp. 113. Macmillan, N.Y.: Current Concepts in Biology Series, 1966. Reviewed by J. D. Carthy

Wealth from the Oceans. TONY LOFTAS. Pp. 69, 20 plates. London: Phoenix House (Progress of Science Series), 1967. 12s. 6d. Reviewed by J. Bossanyi

Poisonous Plants and Fungi in Colour. P. M. NORTH. Pp. 161, 133 plates, 7 figs. London: Blandford Press Ltd., 1967. 21s. Od. Reviewed by C. T. Prime     

Statistics in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology by REILLY,C.

Statistics in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology (C. Reilly) Xiang‐Yang Lou and David B. Allison Meta‐Analysis and Combining Information in Genetics and Genomics (R. Guerra and D. R. Goldstein) Peter H. Westfall Multivariate Nonparametric Methods with R. An Approach Based on Spatial Signs and Ranks (H. Oja) Mia Hubert Bayesian Analysis for Population Ecology (R. King, B. J. T. Morgan, O. Gimenez, and S. Brooks) Simon Bonner The Oxford Handbook of Functional Data Analysis (F. Ferraty and Y. Romain, Editors) Paul H. C. Eilers Design and Analysis of Experiments with SAS (J. Lawson) Francis Giesbrecht Spatial Statistics and Modeling (C. Gaetan and X. Guyon) Paulo J. Ribeiro Jr. Applied Statistical Genetics with R: For Population‐Based Association Studies (A. S. Foulkes) Kui Zhang     

REVIEWS

Advances in Plant Nutrition, Vol. 2. Edited by B ernard T inker and A ndré L äuchli .
Molecular Biology and Crop Improvement. By R. B. A ustin with R. B. F lavell , I. E. H enson and H. J. B. L owe .
Crop Productivity – Research Imperatives Revisited (International Conference held at Boyne Highlands Inn, 1–318 October 1985 and Airlie House, 11–13 December, 1985). Edited by M artin G ibbs and C arla C arlson
Haploids of Higher Plants in Vitro. Edited by H. Hu and H.-Y. Y ang
Die Blüte. Eine Einführung in Struktur und Funktion, Ökologie und Evolution der Blüten. By D ieter H ess .
Mechanisms of Resistance to Plant Diseases. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, Volume 17. Edited by R. S. S. F raser .
British Fungus Flora, Volume 4, Pluteaceae: Pluteus and Volvariella. By P. D. O rton .
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, New Series, Volume 2. Edited by H. F. L insjens and J. F. J ackson .
Immunology in Plant Science. Edited by T revor L. W ang .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Mitosis. Molecules and Mechanisms. Edited by J. S. H yams & B. R. B rinkley .
The Molecular Biology of Fertilization. Edited by H. S chatten & G. S chatten .     

Mevalonate Biosynthesis in Plants

Referee: Guiseppe Inesi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Univeristy of Maryland, Baltimore.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Avila, J. L. & Harris, J. R. (ed.). 1992. Subcellular Biochemistry, Volume 18: Intracellular Parasites. Plenum Press, New York.
Fensome, R. A., Taylor, F. J. R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W. A. S., Wharton, D. I. & Williams, G. L. 1993. A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication No. 7. Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Volberding, P. & Jacobson, M. A. (ed.). 1993. AIDS Clinical Review 1993/1994. Marcel Decker, Inc., New York.
Hyde, J. E. (ed.). 1993. Protocols in Molecular Parasitology , Volume 21 in the Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Hurnana Press, Totowa, New Jersey.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Molecular Biology. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Plant Development and Metabolism. Ed. by G loria C oruzzi & P ere P uigdomégnech
Vacuum Methods in Electron Microscopy. By W. C. B igelow . Practical Methods in Electron Microscopy. Vol 15. Series Editor: Audrey M. G lauert .
The Fungi. By M ichael J. C arlile & S arah C. W atkinson .
Aspects of Tropical Mycology. Symposium of the British Mycological Society held at the University of Liverpool, April 1992. Edited by S. I saac , J. C. F rankland , R. W atling & A. J. S. W halley .
Belalong, A Tropical Rainforest. By T he E arl O f C ranbrook & D avid S. E dwards .
Ecology and Management of Invasive Riverside Plants. Ed. by L. C. D e W aal , L. E. C hild , P. M. W ade & J. H. B rock     

Book Reviews

Abstract: Book reviewed in this article:
Nutrition and the Brain , Vol. 8 by R. J. Wurtman and J. J. Wurtman.
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by D. M. Glick.
Antiepileptic Drugs (Third Edition) edited by R. H. Levy, F. E. Dreifuss, R. H. Mattson, B. S. Meldrum, and J. K. Penry.
Developmental Neurobiology (Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series, Vol. 12) edited by P. Evrard and A. Minkowski.
Allosteric Modulation of Amino Acid Receptors: Therapeutic Implications (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 1) by E. A. Barnard and E. Costa.
Neurochemical Pharmacology—A Tribute to B. B. Brodie (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 2) edited by E. Costa.
Neuromethods Vol. 11: Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism edited by A. A. Boulton, G. B. Baker, and R. F. Butterworth.
Adenosine and Adenosine Receptors edited by M. Williams.
Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru by V. Zigas.
Psychoactive Drugs: Tolerance and Sensitization edited by A. J. Goudie and M. W. Emmett-Oglesby.
The NMDA Receptor edited by J. C. Watkins and G. L. Collingridge.
Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience (Vol. 3): The Role of Brain Dopamine edited by E. Flückiger, E. E. Müller, and M. O. Thorner.
Glycine Neurotransmission edited by O. P. Otterson and J. Storm-Mathisen.
The Neuropeptide Cholecystokinin (CCK): Anatomy and Biochemistry, Receptors, Pharmacology and Physiology edited by J. Hughes, G. Dockray, and G. Woodruff.     

The future for plants and plants for the future

A report of the 2007 EMBO Conference Series on Plant Molecular Biology 'From basic genomics to systems biology', Ghent, Belgium, 2-4 May 2007.