When developmental biology was born, in the 1850s, everyone was far from imagining what the new disci- pline would give rise to in a little more than the one and a half century to come. Etymologically, development means “getting out of an envelope”, i.e. coming out of a shapeless state and acquiring an organized form. In its most restricted biological meaning, the term refers to embryonic de- velopment, through which the zygote produces a new organism. As such, biology of development comes di- rectly from embryology, particularly from the ancient interest in the process of embryonic development de- scribed for many centuries through the anatomic stu- dy of variously staged embryos. Aristotle himself was known to observe embryos analytically and get clues about a general theory to explain the making up of such natural entities (2006; 2008).
The mother of mothers / Bevilacqua, Arturo. - In: ORGANISMS. - ISSN 2532-5876. - 1:31(2018), pp. 19-20. [10.13133/2532-5876_3.8]
The mother of mothers
Arturo Bevilacqua
2018
Abstract
When developmental biology was born, in the 1850s, everyone was far from imagining what the new disci- pline would give rise to in a little more than the one and a half century to come. Etymologically, development means “getting out of an envelope”, i.e. coming out of a shapeless state and acquiring an organized form. In its most restricted biological meaning, the term refers to embryonic de- velopment, through which the zygote produces a new organism. As such, biology of development comes di- rectly from embryology, particularly from the ancient interest in the process of embryonic development de- scribed for many centuries through the anatomic stu- dy of variously staged embryos. Aristotle himself was known to observe embryos analytically and get clues about a general theory to explain the making up of such natural entities (2006; 2008).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
