Abstract
THE subject of virgin birth in animals is so interesting that it is curious that, until now, only two books have been devoted specially to it, those of Delage and Goldsmith (1913), and Winkler (1920). The last decade has seen so much important progress, however, that a new work is a desideratum, and for its preparation no author is better fitted than Prof. Vandel of the University of Toulouse, as is abundantly proved by his researches on the isopod Trichoniscus provisorius, his development from them of the theory of geographical parthenogenesis, and his summaries of modern aspects of the general problem. His book is authoritative and is definitely a landmark.
La parthénogenèse.
Prof. A. Vandel. (Encyclopédie scientifique: Bibliothèque de biologie générale.) Pp. xix + 412. (Paris: Gaston Doin et Cie, 1931.) 32 francs.
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PEACOCK, A. Problems in Parthenogenesis. Nature 128, 941–943 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128941a0
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