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Samuel Randall Detwiler was an embryologist who studied neural development in embryos and vertebrate retinas. He discovered evidence for the…
PeopleTransplantationBiographyNeuronsAs the third director of the Carnegie Institute of Washington s Department of Embryology, George Washington Corner made a number of contributions to…
PeopleBiographyCarnegie Institution of WashingtonEducationStanley Cohen is a biochemist who participated in the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). He shared the 1986…
PeopleNerve Growth FactorBiographyEpidermal Growth FactorKarl Wilhelm Theodor Richard von Hertwig is an important figure in the history of embryology for his contributions of artificial hybridization of sea…
PeopleZoologyBiographyHybridizationSea UrchinsLibbie Henrietta Hyman was born into a recently immigrated Jewish family on 6 December 1888 in Des Moines, Iowa. One of many siblings and daughter to…
PeopleZoologyBiographyAbraham Trembley's discovery of the remarkable regenerative capacity of the hydra caused many to question their beliefs about the generation of…
PeopleRegenerationBiographyHydraJan Swammerdam, known as the founder of the preformation theory based on his extensive research on insect development, was born on 12 February 1637…
PeopleBiographyBest known for his contributions to the field of embryology, Karl Ernst von Baer also pursued a variety of other areas of study including medicine,…
PeopleEpigenomicsBiographyEpigeneticsConrad Hal Waddington's Organisers and Genes, published in 1940, is a summary of available research and theoretical framework for many concepts…
LiteratureOrganizers, EmbryonicPublicationsdifferentiationMizuko Kuyo is a Japanese Buddhist ceremony that focuses on a deceased fetus or stillborn child. This ceremony was originally developed to honor Jizo…
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