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  1. Nov 1, 2007 · Published: 2007-11-01. Wilhelm August Oscar Hertwig contributed to embryology through his studies of cells in development and his discovery that only one spermatozoon is necessary to fertilize an egg. He was born 21 April 1849 to Elise Trapp and Carl Hertwig in Hessen, Germany.

  2. 5 days ago · Oscar Hertwig (1849-1922) was a German embryologist and anatomist who first identified in amphibia tooth development, and was subsequently named Hertwig's epithelial root sheath (HERS). In amphibia, this is a permanent structure. In mammals, this is a transient structure, assembled during early tooth root formation and elongation.

  3. Apr 25, 2023 · Oscar Hertwig sees how the sperm penetrates the ovum and how their nuclei fuse. He later suggests that nuclein is the substance responsible for the inheritance of biological traits. 1880s. Chromosomes and cell division. Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz first uses the term “chromosomes” for the colored bodies that appear in the nucleus during cell ...

  4. Oskar Wilhelm August Hertwig. 1849-1922. German zoologist and embryologist who in 1876 postulated that fertilization is a result of the fusion of germ cell nuclei from the male and female parents. This was a departure from the traditional view that the sperm induced a physical vibration or chemical change in the egg that caused it to develop.

  5. Oscar Hertwig (ôs´kär hĕrt´vĬkh), 1849–1922, German embryologist. He studied medicine with Haeckel and Gegenbaur. In 1875 he established the fact that fertilization consists of the union of the nuclei of a male and a female sex cell. He studied the germ-layer theory (introducing the term coelom) and malformations of vertebrate embryos.

  6. Oscar Hertwig (21 April 1849, Friedberg, Hesse – 25 October 1922, Berlin) was a German zoologist, anatomist and professor, who also wrote about the theory of evolution over 55 years after Charles Darwin 's The Origin of Species. Oscar Hertwig was a leader in the field of embryology.

  7. Sep 24, 2010 · In Germany, the direct influence of Ernst Haeckel was felt particularly in Jena, where he spent his entire career as a professor, and we give an overview of the “Jena school” of evolutionary morphology, with protagonists such as Oscar Hertwig, Ludwig Plate, and Victor Franz, who all developed ideas that we would nowadays think of as belonging to...

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