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Book SynopsisThis Fifteenth Symposium of the Society for the Study of Development and Growth is divided into three parts. In the first group of chapters T. T. Puck discusses the methods of deriving cultures from single animal cells; R. Dulbecco, problems of virus reproduction; and R. M. Klein, the current status of cultivating plant tissues. D. M. Prescott then
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*I. The Mammalian Cell as Microorganism, pg. 3*II. The Multiplication of RNA-Containing Animal Viruses, pg. 19*III. Growth and Differentiation of Plant Tissue Cultures, pg. 31*IV. Relations Between Cell Growth and Cell Division, pg. 59*V. An Oscillator Model for Biological Clocks, pg. 75*VI. Endogenous Diurnal Cycles of Activity in Plants, pg. 111*VII. Photosynthesis and the Origin of Life, pg. 127*VIII. On the Origin of Self-Replicating Systems, pg. 155*IX. Some Energy Transduction Problems in Photosynthesis, pg. 171*X. Photosynthesis and Life on Other Planets: A Summary, pg. 201*Index for the Fifteenth Symposium, pg. 207*Cumulative Author Index, pg. 213
