Int. J. Dev. Biol. 64: 35 - 40 (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.190171ar

Vol 64, Issue 1-2-3

Special Issue: Developmental Biology in India - First Part

Fields, patterns and information: R.L. Brahmachary’s contributions during the infancy of molecular embryology

Published: 23 June 2020

Animesh Ray*^,1,2

¹Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA and ²Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

Abstract

The contribution of Professor Ratan Lal Brahmachary’s research during the early years of molecular embryology, its theoretical underpinnings, and its connection with those of other contemporary research efforts, are traced in this article as a part of the history of developmental biology research in India.

Keywords

early embryogenesis, morphogen, pattern formation, informational molecule, Limnaea