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The Science Channel named Flemming's discovery of mitosis and chromosomes as one of the 100 most important scientific discoveries of all time, and one of the 10 most important discoveries in cell biology. Flemming's name is honoured by a medal awarded by the German Society for Cell Biology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie).
Apr 17, 2024 · Aug. 4, 1905, Kiel, Ger. (aged 62) Subjects Of Study: cell. chromosome. mitosis. Walther Flemming (born April 21, 1843, Sachsenberg, Mecklenburg [now in Germany]—died Aug. 4, 1905, Kiel, Ger.) was a German anatomist and a founder of the science of cytogenetics (the study of the cell’s hereditary material, the chromosomes).
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Apr 22, 2013 · Walter Flemming described chromosome behavior during animal cell division. Flemming was one of the first cytologists and the first to detail how chromosomes move during mitosis, or cell division. Dividing cells had been observed almost forty years earlier by Carl Nageli, but he misinterpreted evidence of mitosis as something abnormal in the ...
The German anatomist Walther Flemming began his pioneering studies of mitosis almost 150 years ago. What were his achievements, and where have his discoveries led?
All cells arise from pre-existing cells. In 1882, Walther Flemming published the definitive study of the cellular process of mitosis. Walther Flemming (1843-1905) Walther Flemming was born in Sachsenberg, Mecklenburg, now in Germany. He was a military physician during the Franco-Prussian War.
views 3,144,328 updated. Walther Flemming. 1843-1905. German anatomist (1843-1905) who first observed and identified the stages of mitosis. Using new synthetic dyes, Flemming found material, which he named chromatin, within the cell nucleus. Observing the chromatin at different phases, he traced the process of cell division, calling it mitosis.
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German. Flemming, Walther (1843-1905) German anatomist who used dyes to study the structure of cells. He found a structure which strongly absorbed dye, and named it chromatin. He observed that, during cell division, the chromatin separated into stringy objects, which became known as chromosomes.
