TY - JOUR TI - How did urodele embryos come into prominence as a model system? AU - Beetschen, J C T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - Experimental studies on amphibian embryos started mainly in Germany during the last two decades of the 19th century. At first, urodele amphibians were used much less frequently than anurans. At that time, embryological studies on urodeles were mostly descriptive and comparative. In Germany, Spemann (1900)--immediately followed by Harrison in the United States--began extensive studies on the newt egg and early embryo. Those studies finally led to the prominence of urodele embryos in general experimental embryology during the period 1920-1950. Milestones of that era are described and the main researchers are indicated. PY - 1996 VL - 40 IS - 4 SP - 629 EP - 636 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/8877434 Y2 - 2024/05/05/12:49:05 ER -