Regeneration: Thomas Hunt Morgan's window into development

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-361

  Sunderland, Mary Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Differentiation; Diversity; Embryology; Entwicklungsmechanik; Epimorphosis; Hans Driesch; Morphallaxis; Plasticity; Regeneration; Thomas Hunt Morgan; Totipotent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTORY; REGENERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; REGENERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951976307     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-009-9203-2     Document Type: Article

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