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Balfour fue uno de los más célebres fundadores de la embriología evolutiva, convirtiéndose en un antecedente de la moderna evo-devo. Su Tratado sobre embriología comparada (1880 - 1881) fue escrito tanto para ofrecer un fundamento embriológico a la filogenia como para dotar de un contexto evolutivo a los estudios sobre la organogénesis.
Francis Maitland Balfour, known as F. M. Balfour, FRS (10 November 1851 – 19 July 1882) was a British biologist. [1] He lost his life while attempting the ascent of Mont Blanc. He was regarded by his colleagues as one of the greatest biologists of his day and Charles Darwin 's successor.
Francis Maitland Balfour, British zoologist, younger brother of the statesman Arthur James Balfour, and a founder of modern embryology. He made many original observations about the embryonic development of vertebrate urogenital organs (e.g., kidneys, sex organs) and the origin of spinal nerves.
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29 de jun. de 2010 · Published: 2010-06-29. During the 1870s and early 1880s, the British morphologist Francis Maitland Balfour contributed in important ways to the budding field of evolutionary embryology, especially through his comparative embryological approach to uncovering ancestral relationships between groups.
Balfour directed the Cambridge Morphological Laboratory, which attracted a glittering array of scientific alumni, and where the modern technique of serial sectioning seems to have originated. He had been elected to the Royal Society in 1878, at the age of 27, and received its Royal Medal in 1881.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Balfour fue uno de los más célebres fundadores de la embriología evolutiva, convirtiéndose en un antecedente de la moderna evo-devo. Su Tratado sobre embriología comparada (1880 - 1881) fue escrito, tanto para ofrecer un fundamento embriológico a la filogenia como para dotar de un contexto evolutivo a los estudios sobre la ...
Francis Maitland Balfour ( * Edimburgo , 10 de noviembre de 1851 - 19 de julio de 1882 ) fue un biólogo y destacadísimo embriólogo escocés .
