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WILSON, Edmund Beecher (1856 – 1939)

WILSON, Edmund Beecher (1856 – 1939)

1856 – 1939

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Unknown photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden · TriCollege Libraries Digital Collections, Bryn Mawr College collections. Shelf: BMC-Photo Archives, Series I: Photographs, PA Local Identifier PA_00393 PID bmc:3784 · Public domain

1892 CE

#510

The cell-lineage of Nereis.

Wilson traced the development of Nereis in minute detail from fertilized egg to the free-swimming larval stage, a pioneer study of cell-lineage.

1895 CE

#8653

An atlas of the fertilization and karyokinesis of the ovum.

The first atlas of photomicrographs showing fertilization and cellular development during mitosis. The photomicrographs were taken by Leaming. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1896 CE

#238

The cell in development and inheritance.

Wilson emphasized the function of cytology in the study of embryology, heredity, evolution and general physiology. The above work has been called the single most influential treatise on cytology of the 20th century. T…

1904 CE

#519

Experimental studies on germinal localisation.