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Sir Francis Galton was a British science writer and amateur researcher of the late nineteenth century. He contributed greatly to the fields of…
PeopleGalton, Francis, 1822-1911GeneticsReproductionBiographyChorionic villus sampling (CVS) is a test used for prenatal diagnosis. Safe to perform at an earlier stage in pregnancy than amniocentesis, CVS is…
TechnologyChorionic Villus SamplingChorionic Villi SamplingReproductionAllan C. Wilson studied genes, proteins, and body structures of animals and humans in the US during the second half of the twentieth century. Wilson…
Human EvolutionEvolutionChimpanzeesMitochondriaElectrophoresisIn 1998, researchers Laura Mazzanti and Emanuele Cacciari published “Congenital Heart Disease in Patients with Turner’s Syndrome,” hereafter “…
Turner SyndromeTurner’s syndromeHeart Defects Congenital Heart DefectsGenetic DiseasesIn 1916, eugenicist Madison Grant published the book The Passing of the Great Race; or The Racial Basis of European History, hereafter The Passing of…
LiteratureEugenicsNuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949Involuntary sterilization--Law and legislationInterracial marriage--United StatesIn 1980 Janet Rossant and William I. Frels published their paper, "Interspecific Chimeras in Mammals: Successful Production of Live Chimeras Between…
ChimeraExperimentsMiceKarl Oskar Illmensee studied the cloning and reproduction of fruit flies, mice, and humans in the US and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first…
CloningMolecular CloningClone CellsTwinsEmbryosKurt Benirschke studied cells, placentas, and endangered species in Germany and the US during the twentieth century. Benirschke was professor at the…
Developmental BiologyGeneticsEndangered SpeciesGene librariesEmbryologyIn April 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” or “A…
LiteratureDNAComplementary DNADNA ReplicationDeoxyribonucleic AcidResearch in chemical induction seeks to identify the compound or compounds responsible for differentiation in a developing embryo. Soren Lovtrup…
Cell differentiationEmbryosDevelopmental BiologyNotochordWaddington, C. H. (Conrad Hal), 1905-1975