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Allan Charles Wilson (1934-1991)

By: Dorothy Haskett | Published: Jul 24, 2014

Allan C. Wilson studied genes, proteins, and body structures of animals and humans in the US during the second half of the twentieth century. Wilson…

Human EvolutionEvolutionChimpanzeesMitochondriaElectrophoresis

Hans Spemann (1869-1941)

By: Karen Wellner | Published: Jun 15, 2010

Hans Spemann was an experimental embryologist best known for his transplantation studies and as the originator of the "organizer" concept. One of his…

PeopleSpemann, Hans, 1869-1941TransplantationBiography

"Genetic Control of Biochemical Reactions in Neurospora" (1941), by George W. Beadle and Edward L. Tatum

By: Divyash Chhetri | Published: Jun 11, 2014

George Wells Beadle and Edward Lawrie Tatum's 1941 article Genetic Control of Biochemical Reactions in Neurospora detailed their experiments on how…

GenesGeneticsExperimentsNeurosporaMolecular Biology

Multi-Fetal Pregnancy

By: Corinne DeRuiter | Published: Jan 01, 2012

In humans, multi-fetal pregnancy occurs when a mother carries more than one fetus during the pregnancy. The most common multi-fetal pregnancy is…

ReproductionFetusHuman Development

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1890- )

By: Rachel Gur-Arie | Published: Jun 21, 2014

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a non-profit research institution that specializes in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, quantitative…

OrganizationWatson, James D., 1928-EugenicsBacteriophagesBrenner, Sydney

Test-Tube Baby

By: Stephen C. Ruffenach | Published: Jan 13, 2009

A test-tube baby is the product of a successful human reproduction that results from methods beyond sexual intercourse between a man and a woman and…

Artificial InseminationInsemination, ArtificialethicsReproductionFertilization

James David Ebert (1921-2001)

By: Sheraden Seward | Published: Sep 12, 2008

James David Ebert studied the developmental processes of chicks and of viruses in the US during the twentieth century. He also helped build and grow…

PeopleBiographyCarnegie Institution of WashingtonLaboratories

Preformationism in the Enlightenment

By: Cera R. Lawrence | Published: Aug 11, 2008

Preformationism was a theory of embryological development used in the late seventeenth through the late eighteenth centuries. This theory held that…

OvaSperm

Orchiopexy

By: Alison Lane | Published: Oct 15, 2020

Orchiopexy, also known as orchidopexy, is a surgical technique that can correct cryptorchidism and was successfully performed for one of the first…

TechnologyTestis--CancerTestisTestis--DiseasesTestis--Surgery