Historical roots of centrosome research: Discovery of Boveri's microscope slides in Würzburg

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1650, 2014, Pages

  Scheer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascarisand sea urchin eggs; Centrioles; Centrosomes; Cleavage division; Theodor Boveri; University of W rzburg

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; ECHINODERM; EGG; EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NEMATODE; RESEARCH WORK;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; WURZBURG;

EID: 84904549550     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0469     Document Type: Review

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