Author: Fox, H. Munro; editor:
Title: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Volume 27 [1952]
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1952. Half-cloth. 25x18cm, (2),460,(2)pp.. 2 photoplates. Binder's half-cloth. Some spotting to spine. Good. ¶ Contains 13 papers. Includes: J.A.C. Nicol "Autonomic Nervous Systems in Lower Chordates"; H.G. Andrewartha "Diapause in Relation to the Ecology of Insects"; G.H. Bourne "Autoradiography"; W.S. Bullough "The Energy Relations of Mitotic Activity"; A.V. Taning "Experimental Study of Meristic Characters in Fishes"; D.W. Goodall "Quantitative Aspects of Plant Distribution"; F. Haurowitz "The Mechanism of the Immunological Response"; M. Maqsood "Thyroid Functions in Relation to Reproduction of Mammals & Birds"; B.J. Kirjgsman "Contractile & Pacemaker Mechanisms of the Heart of Arthropods"; K.M. Smith "Latency in Viruses & the Production of New Virus Diseases"; D.R. Griffin "Bird Navigation, with an Appendix by Ernst Mayr on German Experiments on the Orientation of Migrating Birds"; N.J. Berrill "Regeneration & Budding in Worms"; T.W. Goodwin "The Biochemistry of Locust Pigmentation".

Keywords: Biology, Zoology, Botany, Plant Physiology, Cytology, Biochemistry, Animal Behaviour, Ethology,