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The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics (1924), by Paul Kammerer
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics is a book published in 1924, written by Paul Kammerer, who studied developmental biology in Vienna,…
LiteratureInheritance of acquired charactersEvolution (Biology)adaptationsLaboratory animals--Breeding--Experiments
The Germ-Plasm: a Theory of Heredity (1893), by August Weismann
By: Yawen Zou
| Published: Jan 26, 2015
Friedrich Leopold August Weismann published Das Keimplasma: eine Theorie der Vererbung (The Germ-Plasm: a Theory of Heredity, hereafter The Germ-…
LiteratureWeismann, August, 1834-1914. Keimplasma. EnglishGerm CellsHeredityInheritance of acquired characters
"Hybrids and Chimeras: A report on the findings of the consultation" by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in October, 2007
By: Robert Jason S., Sarah Taddeo
| Published: Nov 22, 2014
In 2007, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in London, UK, published Hybrids and Chimeras: A Report on the Findings of the Consultation…
LiteratureChimerismHuman reproductive technologyHuman CloningEmbryonic Stem Cells
"The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme" (1979), by Stephen J. Gould and Richard C. Lewontin
By: M. Elizabeth Barnes
| Published: Nov 14, 2014
The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme, hereafter called The Spandrels, is an article…
LiteratureGould, Stephen JayEvolutionAdaptationBaer, Karl Ernst von, 1792-1876
"Hybrids and Chimeras: A Consultation on the Ethical and Social Implications of Creating Human/Animal Embryos in Research" (2007), by the HFEA
By: Sarah Taddeo, Jason S. Robert
| Published: Nov 04, 2014
To educate its citizens about research into chimeras made from human and non-human animal cells, the United Kingdom's Human Fertilisation Embryology…
LiteratureChimerismHuman reproductive technologyHuman CloningFertilization in vitro, Human
"The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize" (1950), by Barbara McClintock
By: Federica Turriziani-Colonna
| Published: Oct 24, 2014
The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, by Barbara McClintock, was published in 1950 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
LiteratureMcClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCorn
Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1977), by Stephen Jay Gould
By: M. Elizabeth Barnes
| Published: Oct 21, 2014
Ontogeny and Phylogeny is a book published in 1977, in which the author Stephen J. Gould, who worked in the US, tells a history of the theory of…
LiteratureEvolutionOntogenyEmbryologyMeckel, J. F. (Johann Friedrich), 1781-1833
"Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution" (1987), by Rebecca Louise Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Charles Wilson
By: Dorothy R. Haskett
| Published: Oct 10, 2014
In 1987 Rebecca Louise Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Charles Wilson published Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution in the journal Nature. The…
LiteratureMitochondriaHuman EvolutionEvolutionHomo sapiens
"The Role of Maternal Mitochondria during Oogenesis, Fertilization and Embryogenesis" (2002), by James M. Cummins
By: Dorothy R. Haskett
| Published: Sep 19, 2014
James M Cummins published 'The Role of Maternal Mitochondria during Oogenesis, Fertilization and Embryogenesis' 30 January 2002 in Reproductive…
LiteratureMitochondriaEmbryologyFertilization (Biology)Ovum
The Origin of Species: "Chapter Thirteen: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs" (1859), by Charles R. Darwin
By: M. Elizabeth Barnes
| Published: Jul 11, 2014
Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs is the thirteenth chapter of Charles Darwin's book The Origin of…
LiteratureEvolutionEvolution (Biology)Natural selectionEmbryology