An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16066 entries, 14153 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 29, 2024

FLEMMING, Walther

2 entries
  • 498

Beobachtungen über die Beschaffenheit des Zellkerns.

Arch. mikr. Anat., 13, 693-717, 1877.

Discovery of the centrosome.



Subjects: BIOLOGY › Cell Biology
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Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Zelle und ihrer Lebenserscheinungen

Arch. mikr. Anat., 16, 302-436; 18, 151-259, 1879, 1880.

Classic account of cell division and karyokinesis. Flemming named the nuclear substance “chromatin” and gave the name “mitosis” to cell division. Translation of Part II in J. Cell Biol., 1965, 25, No. 1, pt. 2, 3-69. See also Flemming’s book on the subject, Zellsubstanz, Kern und Zellteilung, Leipzig, 1882.



Subjects: BIOLOGY › Cell Biology