Steenstrup, J Japetus S

J Farley, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002383

1813–1897 Danish naturalistbest known for his work on the type of development that he called the ‘alternation of generations’.

Keywords: naturalists; development; alternation of generation; invertebrates; cnidarians

Figure 1. J Japetus S Steenstrup (1813–1897).
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 Further Reading
    book Steenstrup JJS (1845) On the Alternation of Generations, or, the Propagation and Development of Animals through Alternate Generations, translated by G Busk. London: The Ray Society.
    book Dahl S (1914) "Bibliographia Steenstrupiana". In: Jungersen H and Warming E (eds) Mindeskrift i Anledning af Hundredaaret for Japetus Streenstrups Fødsel. Copenhagen: B Lunos.
    book Farley J (1982) Gametes and Spores: Ideas about Sexual Reproduction (1750–1914). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
    book Gillispie C (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner.
    Lützen C (1897) Steenstrup. Natural Science: A Monthly Review of Scientific Progress 11: 159–165.

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Farley, J(Apr 2001) Steenstrup, J Japetus S. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002383]