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These proceedings are composed of three parts: 1) the indi vidual papers, 2) their discussions, and 3) a retrospective summa tion of the meeting's deliberations. If we were to suggest a start ing place for reading it would probably be the summation --it at tempts to place the various papers and discussions into a general context and to point out relevant ideas of current knowledge and of potentially useful avenues for further research. The papers and discussions deal more specifically with the indiviaual topics. It is hoped that the tone and tenor of the meeting are some what reflected in its proceedings. The emphasis today in biological research is quite "ecumenical" in outlook in that often techniques and conclusions from one discipline have relevance and applicability to another. For example, the elucidation of the DNA synthetic stage during interphase was first accomplished with botanical material; this technique has since had a broad and significant role in medical research. Also, the pioneering and now classical studies regarding the effects of ionizing radiation on plant chromosomes were, and still are, the foundation for studying mammalian chromosomes: it re quired only the discovery of a hypotonic medium to achieve spreading of them so that similar types of analyses were possible. Plants and plant cells have many unique features which allow them to be useful either for the study of specific botanical problems, or for studying broad biological principles.
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The Dynamics of Meristem Cell Populations ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY Editorial Board: Nathan Back N. R. Di Luzio Chairman, Department 0/ Biochemical Pharmacology, School 0/ Pharmacy, State University 0/ New York, Buffalo, New York Chairman, Department 0/ Physiology, Tulane University School 0/ Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana Alfred Gellhorn University 0/ Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bernard Halpern College de France, Director 0/ the Institute o/Immuno.Biology, Paris, France Ephraim Katchalski Department 0/ Biophysics, The Weizmann Institute 0/ Science, Rehovoth, Israel Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania David Kritchevsky Abel Lajtha New York State Research Institute for Neurochemistry and Drug Addiction, Ward's Island, New York Rodolfo Paoletti Institute 0/ Pharmacology, University 0/ Milan, Milan, Italy Volume 1 THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS Edited by N. R. Di Luzio and R. Paoletti· 1967 Volume 2 PHARMACOLOGY OF HORMONAL POLYPEPTIDES AND PROTEINS Edited by N. Back, L. Martini, and R. Paoletti· 1968 Volume 3 GERM·FREE BIOLOGY: Experimental and Clinical Aspects Edited by E. A. Mirand and N. Back· 1969 Volume 4 DRUGS AFFECTING LIPID METABOLISM Edited by W. L. Holmes, L. A. Carlson, and R. Paoletti· 1969 Volume 5 LYMPHATIC TISSUE AND GERMINAL CENTERS IN IMMUNE RESPONSE Edited by L. Fiore·Donati and M. G. Hanna, Jr.• 1969 Volume 6 RED CELL METABOLISM AND FUNCTION Edited by George J. Brewer· 1970 Volume 7 SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Edited by Martin Blank· 1970 VolumeS BRADYKININ AND RELATED KININS: Cardiovascular, Biochemical, and Neural Actions Edited by F. Sieuteri, M. Roeha e Silva, and N. Back· 1970 Volume 9 SHOCK: Biochemical, Pharmacological, and Clinical Aspects Edited by A. Bertelli and N. Back· 1970 Volume 10 THE HUMAN TESTIS Edited by E. Rosemberg and C. A. Paulsen· 1970 Volume 11 MUSCLE METABOLISM DURING EXERCISE Edited by B. Pemow and B. Saltin • 1971 Volume 12 MORPHOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF IMMUNITY Edited by K. Lindahl.Kiessling, G. Aim, and M. G. Hanna, Jr.• 1971 Volume 13 CHEMISTRY AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT Edited by R. Paoletti and A. N. Davison· 1971 Volume 14 MEMBRANE·BOUND ENZYMES Edited by G. Porcellati and F.