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In this paper Viktor Hamburger and Rita Levi-Montalcini collaborated to examine the effects of limb transplantation and explantation on neural…
Chickens--EmbryosDevelopmental BiologyCell differentiationEmbryosLevi-Montalcini, RitaStanley Cohen published "Purification of a Nerve-Growth Promoting Protein from the Mouse Salivary Gland and its Neuro-Cytoxic Antiserum" in the…
Cohen, Stanley, 1937-Nerve Growth FactorExperimentsMiceConrad Hal Waddington's "Experiments on Embryonic Induction III," published in 1934 in the Journal of Experimental Biology, describes the discovery…
Waddington, C. H. (Conrad Hal), 1905-1975EmbryosCell differentiationEmbryologyChickens--EmbryosThe Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, began in 1888 to offer opportunities for instruction and research in biological…
OrganizationsMarine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)EmbryologyMarine laboratoriesWhitman, Charles Otis, 1842-1910Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on 2 February 1869, Charles Manning Child was the only surviving child of Mary Elizabeth and Charles Chauncey Child, a…
Polarity (Biology)Life cycles (Biology)MetabolismPhysiologyBiographyAlthough best known for his work with the fruit fly, for which he earned a Nobel Prize and the title "The Father of Genetics," Thomas Hunt Morgan's…
PeopleMorgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945Genetics, ExperimentalNobel Prize winnersDrosophila melanogasterA pioneer in experimental embryology, Ross Granville Harrison made numerous discoveries that advanced biology. One of the most significant was his…
PeopleHarrison, Ross G. (Ross Granville), 1870-1959Tissue Culture TechniquesBiographyTissue culture