Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 5, The Department of Embryology

Founded in 1914, the Department of Embryology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington has made an enormous contribution to the biological understanding of embryos and their development. Originally much of the research was carried out through experimental embryology, but by the second half of the twentieth century, tissue and cell cultures were providing histological information about development, and biochemistry and molecular genetics have taken center stage. This is the final volume in a series of five histories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.