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The Meselson-Stahl Experiment (1957–1958), by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl
By: Victoria Hernandez
| Published: Apr 18, 2017
In an experiment later named for them, Matthew Stanley Meselson and Franklin William Stahl in the US demonstrated during the 1950s the semi-…
DNA ReplicationMeselson, MatthewStahl, Franklin W.DNA--SynthesisDNA
Molecular Epigenetics and Development: Histone Conformations, DNA Methylation and Genomic Imprinting
By: Tristan Cooper-Roth
| Published: Sep 28, 2010
Introduced by Conrad Hal Waddington in 1942, the concept of epigenetics gave scientists a new paradigm of thought concerning embryonic development,…
EpigenomicsEpigenetics
Andrew Francis Dixon (1868-1936)
By: S. Alexandra Aston
| Published: Apr 01, 2014
Andrew Francis Dixon studied human anatomy and egg cells at the turn of the twentieth century in Ireland and Great Britain. Dixon studied the sensory…
Nerves, CranialPolar BodiesMeiosis
Franklin William Stahl (1929– )
By: Victoria Hernandez
| Published: Jul 20, 2017
Franklin William Stahl studied DNA replication, bacteriophages, and genetic recombination in the US during the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first…
DNA SequenceNucleotide sequenceDNA ReplicationDNA--SynthesisDNA replication--Regulation
Endothelium
By: Kate MacCord
| Published: Jan 28, 2014
The endothelium is the layer of cells lining the blood vessels in animals. It weighs more than one kilogram in adult humans, and it covers a surface…
EndotheliumTissuesEpitheliumCellsVascular endothelium
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Dec 22, 2014
The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Anton Dohrn Zoological Station) is a public research institute focusing on biology and biodiversity. Hereafter…
OrganizationStazione zoologica di NapoliDevelopmental BiologyZoologyEmbryology
The Organism as a Whole: From a Physicochemical Viewpoint (1916), by Jacques Loeb
By: Steve Elliott
| Published: May 06, 2010
Jacques Loeb published The Organism as a Whole: From a Physicochemical Viewpoint in 1916. Loeb's goal for the book was to refute the claim that…
LiteraturePublications
Beatrice Mintz (1922–2022)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Jan 21, 2009
Beatrice Mintz is a brilliant researcher who has developed techniques essential for many aspects of research on mouse development. She produced the…
PeopleBiographyMiceCancer
Roy John Britten (1919-2012)
By: Abhinav Mishra
| Published: Oct 24, 2014
Roy John Britten studied DNA sequences in the US in the second half of the twentieth century, and he helped discover repetitive elements in DNA…
DNAGenomesCalifornia Institute of TechnologyGenetic regulationMice
Regeneration
By: Mary E. Sunderland
| Published: Jun 10, 2009
Regeneration is a fascinating phenomenon. The fact that many organisms have the capacity to regenerate lost parts and even remake complete copies of…
Regeneration (Biology)Regeneration