Problems of Morphogenesis in Ciliates. The Kinetosomes in Development, Reproduction and Evolution

PROBLEMS OF MORPHOGENESIS IN CILIATES. THE KINETOSOMES IN DEVELOPMENT, REPRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION. By Andre Lwoff. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1950. 103 pp. $2.50. This book consists of two parts: first, detailed observations on the behavior of the blepharoplasts in ciliates; and, second, an attempt to relate these observations to current speculations on the regulatory mechanisms guiding cell organization. Any writings of Dr. A. Lwoff attract attention because of his important contributions to microbiology. It is regrettable that the present monograph is so written as to be completely comprehensible only to those familiar with the technical vocabulary developed by E. Chatton and his collaborators, a vocabulary which has by no means won universal-nor even general French-acceptance. DAVID WEINMAN