Bearing crosses: A historiography of genetics and embryology

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-182

  Gilbert, Scott F ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Historiography; History of embryology; History of genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 0032485303     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980305)76:2<168::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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