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Reminiscences of Dr. Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952), Biologist [2 of 2]

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    Reminiscences of Dr. Edwin Grant Conklin (1863-1952), Biologist [2 of 2]
  • Author: Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952
  • Subjects: American Philosophical Society ; Biology ; Embryology ; History ; People ; United States
  • Description: Reminiscences and group discussion, made two days before Dr. Conklin's death Originally APS Recording 26, transferred from phonograph record to open reel tape for the APS by the Library of Congress in 1970. Reformatted digital Tells of his studies using Crepidula (a limpet, mollusk) which a re classical because this work traced the fates of cells from early cleavage into their final destinations in later germ layers -- Together with EB Wilson's work with embryos of Nereis (a marine worm) Conklin's studies led to the concept of cell lineage and the early determination of the fates of various regions of the egg. -- Conklin had graduated from Ohio-Wesleyan University before going to Johns Hopkins for his PhD. He returned to Ohio-Wesleyan and set up a laboratory "from scratch" -- Conklin kept his research alive by coming summers to the Woods Hole (1891, 1892 et seq) and with encouragement from EB Wilson and Whitman (for whom one of the MBL's buildings is named) got his paper, literally a book, published in the Journal of Morphology. The was about 1893. -- Introduction to tape by Dr. Elsa Keil Sichel Audio
  • Publisher: American Philosophical Society
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Language: English
  • Source: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server)
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