The Physical Basis of Life
$200.00 USD • Used
ILLUSTRATED STUDIES OF CELL DIVISION IN INVERTEBRATES BY THE FOUNDER OF AMERICAN CELL BIOLOGY.
9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, [6], 51 pp...
ILLUSTRATED STUDIES OF CELL DIVISION IN INVERTEBRATES BY THE FOUNDER OF AMERICAN CELL BIOLOGY.
9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, [6], 51 pp, 20 illustrations, very good in custom archival mylar cover. EDMUND BEECHER WILSON (1856 - 1939) was a pioneering American geneticist, credited as America's first cell biologist. In 1898 he used the similarity in embryos to describe phylogenetic relationships. By observing spiral cleavage in molluscs, flatworms and annelids he concluded that the same organs came from the same group of cells and that all these organisms must have a common ancestor. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1902. He also discovered the chromosomal XY sex-determination system in 1905. Wilson adopted the title, The Physical Basis of Life, from that of a lecture by T. H. Huxley in 1868.
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Publisher: Yale University PRess
Year: 1923
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
First Edition
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