Still a work in progress. How do you select the key research discoveries in embryology? Sometimes it is some years after the event that the true relevance of a discovery is felt, we still like to look back to "who was first". There is also the idea that some concepts "have their time" due the the simple common application of research in many labs to a single problem.
Apoptosis (gets a name)
The original paper that put a name to a concept of "programmed cell death" that had been developing in the literature. Kerr JF, Wyllie AH, Currie AR. Apoptosis: a basic biological phenomenon with wide-ranging implications in tissue kinetics. Br J Cancer. 1972 Aug;26(4):239-57. Review.
Search PubMed: Search May 2006 "apoptosis" 114,636 reference articles of which 18,268 were reviews. Search term = apoptosis
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This page is an introduction to Nicole Le Douarin, a key researcher in embryonic development who's work began 40 years ago on gastrointestinal tract development and subsequent extensive work on neural crest development.
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