Naegeli, CW von

Naegeli (1817–1891), a Swiss botanist, made numerous important cytological discoveries and developed new theoretical concepts of cellular constitution. His anti-Darwinian orthogenetic theory enjoyed great success among German-speaking botanists.

Keywords: Mendel; alternative evolutionary theories; cell division; micell; chromosome

 Further Reading
    book Bowler P (1983) The Eclipse of Darwinism. Anti-Darwinian Evolution Theories in the Decades around 1900. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press.
    book Falk R (2001) "Mendel's hypothesis" In: Allen GE and MacLeod RM (eds), Science, History and Social Activism: A Tribute to Everett Mendelsohn pp. 77–86. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.
    book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    Glas E (1999) The evolution of a scientific concept. Journal for General Philosophy of Science 30: 37–58.
    book Junker T (1989) Darwinismus und Botanik. Rezeption, Kritik und theoretische Alternativen im Deutschland des 19. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart: Deutscher Apotheker Verlag.
    Mullen P (1993) On Charles Darwin and other great men in correspondence with Carl Wilhelm von Naegeli. American Journal of Medical Genetics 46: 235.
    Naegeli C (1844) Zellenkern, Zellenbildung und Zellenwachstum bei den Pflanzen. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Botanik 1: 35–133.
    book Naegeli CW (1865) Entstehung und Begriff der naturhistorischen Art. München: Verlag der Akademie.
    book Naegeli CW (1884) Mechanisch-physiologische Theorie der Abstammungslehre. Leipzig: Oldenbourg.
    book Naegeli C and Peter A (1885–1889) Die Hieracien Mitteleuropas. Monographische Bearbeitung der Piloselloiden. München: Oldenbourg.
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Dröscher, Ariane(May 2008) Naegeli, CW von. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0002436]