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Apoptosis in Embryonic Development
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Jun 08, 2017
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a mechanism in embryonic development that occurs naturally in organisms. Apoptosis is a different process…
ApoptosisGenetic regulationCaenorhabditis elegansCellsGerm Cells
Telomerase in Human Development
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Mar 23, 2015
Telomerase is an enzyme that regulates the lengths of telomeres in the cells of many organisms, and in humans it begins to function int the early…
TelomeraseTelomereDNAMolecular BiologySomatic embryogenesis
David H. Hubel and Torsten N. Wiesel’s Research on Optical Development in Kittens
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Oct 11, 2017
During 1964, David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel studied the short and long term effects of depriving kittens of vision in one eye. In their experiments,…
Harvard Medical SchoolNobel Prize winnersKittensCatsVision disorders
Spemann-Mangold Organizer
By: Samuel Philbrick, Erica O'Neil
| Published: Jan 12, 2012
The Spemann-Mangold organizer, also known as the Spemann organizer, is a cluster of cells in the developing embryo of an amphibian that induces…
EmbryosAmphibiansSpemann, Hans, 1869-1941EmbryologyGastrulation
"On the Induction of Embryonic Primordia by Implantation of Organizers from Different Species" (1924), Hilde Mangold's Dissertation
By: Megan Kearl, Kate MacCord
| Published: Dec 19, 2012
Hilde Proscholdt Mangold was a doctoral student at the Zoological Institute at the University of Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany, from 1920-1923.…
LiteratureEmbryosTrembley, Abraham, 1710-1784GastrulationEmbryology
Hedgehog Signaling Pathway
By: Dorothy R. Haskett
| Published: Jul 30, 2015
The hedgehog signaling pathway is a mechanism that directs the development of embryonic cells in animals, from invertebrates to vertebrates. The…
EmbryologyEmbryosWieschaus, Eric F.Cellular signal transductionDrosophila melanogaster
Radioimmunoassay
By: Jennifer R. Craer
| Published: Oct 11, 2013
Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a technique in which researchers use radioactive isotopes as traceable tags to quantify specific biochemical substances…
TechnologyImmunoassayRadioimmunoassayBiochemistryBinding sites (Biochemistry)
Martin John Evans (1941– )
By: Alexander Sastokas
| Published: Aug 05, 2025
Sir Martin John Evans researched developmental biology in the United Kingdom during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He was among the…
Knockout MiceStem Cell ResearchDevelopmental BiologyP53 geneNobel Prize winners
The Notch Signaling Pathway in Embryogenesis
By: Justin Wolter
| Published: Mar 06, 2013
The Notch signaling pathway is a mechanism in animals by which adjacent cells communicate with each other, conveying spatial information and genetic…
EmbryologyDevelopmental BiologyEmbryosCell differentiationNotch genes
Torsten Wiesel (1924– )
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Sep 13, 2017
Torsten Nils Wiesel studied visual information processing and development in the US during the twentieth century. He performed multiple experiments…
VisionVisual pathwaysNobel Prize winnersNeural networks (Neurobiology)Neural Receptors