PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Dr Fatma Mahmoud El-Bawab received her MSc and PhD in Zoology and is currently a full professor Alexandria University in Egypt. Throughout her career, she has contributed abundantly to the research in this zoology, specifically on male reproduction, spermatophores and development in invertebrates. She was the first staff member in Egypt to prepare and teach a curriculum for this specialized field and continues teaching the Invertebrate Embryology courses many years later. This experience has provided the basis for the development of the current specialized school of researchers and lecturers in this branch in the department.
Each chapter highlights important aspects of the embryogenesis and sometimes reproductive biology of specific representatives. These are interesting to read, and the style and prose are clear most of the time. However, just as important is what is missing: most chapters are incomplete listings of biological details organized roughly taxonomically, rather than thorough treatments of each group. Major phyla are missing entirely (such as the echinoderms, annelids, and sipunculans) or largely (such as the arthropods, which are strangely void of insects, myriapods, and chelicerates). Yet what is perhaps the most significant absence is the lack of any overarching developmental, ecological, or evolutionary framework within which to position, interpret, and analyze the diversity of invertebrate embryonic development. As such, Invertebrate Embryology and Reproduction is more of an incomplete reference catalog, rather than a comprehensive treatment of invertebrate embryogenesis. It will probably have its greatest value in libraries as a possible reference and stepping stone toward primary literature that may perhaps otherwise be harder to find. --QRB
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