1856–1939 American biologist who made many fundamental contributions to our understanding of the cell in heredity and development.
Keywords: cell; development; chromosome
Wilson, Edmund Beecher
WF Bynum, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, UK
Published online: April 2002
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002957
| Further Reading | |
| book Wilson EB (1896) The Cell in Development and Inheritance. New York: Macmillan. | |
| book Gillispie CC (ed.) (1970–1980) Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| Muller HJ (1943) Edmund B. Wilson, an appreciation. American Naturalist 77: 5–37; 142–172. | |
