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Meiosis in Humans
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Mar 24, 2011
Meiosis, the process by which sexually-reproducing organisms generate gametes (sex cells), is an essential precondition for the normal formation of…
MeiosisReproductionHuman Development
Life's Greatest Miracle (2001), by Julia Cort and NOVA
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
The Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) documentary Life's Greatest Miracle (abbreviated Miracle, available at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentReproductionMovies
In the Womb (2005), by Toby Mcdonald and National Geographic Channel
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
Written, produced, and directed by Toby Mcdonald, the 2005 National Geographic Channel film In the Womb uses the most recent technology to provide an…
LiteratureHuman DevelopmentReproductionMoviesFetus
The Miracle of Life (1983), by NOVA
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 19, 2010
The most-watched NOVA documentary ever made and a revolution in the understanding of human development, The Miracle of Life (abbreviated Life)…
LiteratureReproductionHuman Development
John Bertrand Gurdon (1933- )
By: Inbar Maayan, Sean Cohmer
| Published: Oct 11, 2012
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon further developed nuclear transplantation, the technique used to clone organisms and to create stem cells, while working in…
Cell nuclei--TransplantationCellsCloningStem CellsEmbryonic Stem Cells
Process of Eukaryotic Embryonic Development
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Oct 20, 2010
All sexually reproducing, multicellular diploid eukaryotes begin life as embryos. Understanding the stages of embryonic development is vital to…
EukaryotaEukaryotesOntogeny
"Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A Comparative Study" (2007), by Orli Lotan
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
Written by Orli Lotan on behalf of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Center for Research and Information, "Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionAbortionbioethics
"Induction and Patterning of the Primitive Streak, an Organizing Center of Gastrulation in the Amniote" (2004), by Takashi Mikawa, Alisa M. Poh, Kristine A. Kelly, Yasuo Ishii, and David E. Reese
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Apr 14, 2011
"Induction and Patterning of the Primitive Streak, an Organizing Center of Gastrulation in the Amniote," (hereafter referred to as "Induction")…
LiteraturePublicationsGastrulationChicksdifferentiation
Theodor Heinrich Boveri (1862-1915)
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Mar 03, 2011
Theodor Boveri investigated the mechanisms of heredity. He developed the chromosomal theory of inheritance and the idea of chromosomal individuality…
PeopleHeredityBiography
Gastrulation in Xenopus
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Mar 10, 2011
The process of gastrulation allows for the formation of the germ layers in metazoan embryos, and is generally achieved through a series of complex…
Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919GastrulationAmphibiansFrogs