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Evolution and Adaptation
The Development of the Frog's Egg introduces readers to experimental embryology through the study of fertilization and early development. It shows how the frog’s egg reveals general ideas about life’s beginnings and how researchers test those ideas in the lab.
This edition frames a history of ideas from Lamarck to Darwin, and it explains how modern experiments probe the inheritance of traits and the role of use and disuse. The book balances original research with careful review, offering a clear path from basic concepts to open questions in evolution and heredity.
Clear explanations of fertilization, egg structure, and early embryo development.
Discussion of the inheritance of acquired characters and the Darwinian view of inheritance.
Historical context showing how experimental work tests key hypotheses in evolution.
Connections between embryology, heredity, and the broader study of evolution.
Ideal for students and general readers of biology history who want a solid, accessible introduction to experimental embryology and its role in understanding evolution.
This edition frames a history of ideas from Lamarck to Darwin, and it explains how modern experiments probe the inheritance of traits and the role of use and disuse. The book balances original research with careful review, offering a clear path from basic concepts to open questions in evolution and heredity.
Clear explanations of fertilization, egg structure, and early embryo development.
Discussion of the inheritance of acquired characters and the Darwinian view of inheritance.
Historical context showing how experimental work tests key hypotheses in evolution.
Connections between embryology, heredity, and the broader study of evolution.
Ideal for students and general readers of biology history who want a solid, accessible introduction to experimental embryology and its role in understanding evolution.
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Published August 24, 2018
About the author
Thomas Hunt Morgan
128 books6 followersThomas Hunt Morgan Ph.D. (Zoology, Johns Hopkins University, 1890) was an evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries relating the role the chromosome plays in heredity.
Morgan researched embryology during his tenure at Bryn Mawr College, the sister school of his alma mater. Following the rediscovery of Mendelian inheritance in 1900, Morgan's research moved to the study of mutation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In his famous Fly Room at Columbia University, Morgan was able to demonstrate that genes are carried on chromosomes and are the mechanical basis of heredity. These discoveries formed the basis of the modern science of genetics. He was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in genetics.
During his distinguished career, Morgan wrote 22 books and 370 scientific papers, and, as a result of his work, Drosophila became a major model organism in contemporary genetics. The Division of Biology he established at the California Institute of Technology has produced seven Nobel Prize winners.
Morgan researched embryology during his tenure at Bryn Mawr College, the sister school of his alma mater. Following the rediscovery of Mendelian inheritance in 1900, Morgan's research moved to the study of mutation in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In his famous Fly Room at Columbia University, Morgan was able to demonstrate that genes are carried on chromosomes and are the mechanical basis of heredity. These discoveries formed the basis of the modern science of genetics. He was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in genetics.
During his distinguished career, Morgan wrote 22 books and 370 scientific papers, and, as a result of his work, Drosophila became a major model organism in contemporary genetics. The Division of Biology he established at the California Institute of Technology has produced seven Nobel Prize winners.
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