• Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Factors that influence plastid division in higher plants J. V. Possingham, H. Hashimoto and J. Oross; 2. Nuclear control of plastid division Th. Butterfass; 3. Chloroplast division in higher plants with particular reference to wheat R. M. Leech and K. A. Pyke; 4. Mechanisms and morphology of plastid division J. M. Whatley; 5. The replication of a free-living prokaryote: Escherichia coli W. D. Donachie; 6. Mitochondrial division in animal cells C. J. Duncan; 7. Inheritance of plastids in Pelargonium R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett; 8. Organelle behaviour during higher plant gametogenesis H. G. Dickinson and F. L. Li; 9. The replication and segregation of yeast mitochondrial DNA E. B. Gingold; 10. The role of membranes in the segregation of plastid DNA R. J. Rose; 11. Homologies between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of mammalian cells R. F. Rosenberg; 12. DNA synthesis in isolated chloroplasts W. R. Mills and B. J. Baumgartner; 13. DNA polymerases J. A. Bryant; Index.

"This fascinating book is a collection of review articles, in some cases with historical perspective, on the reproduction of chloroplasts and mitochondria. The phenomena are well described and extensive work is summarized." BioScience