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Spemann

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Spe·mann (shpmän), Hans 1869-1941.
German zoologist and physiologist. He won a 1935 Nobel Prize for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.


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Some of these factors inducing apoptosis under genetic control -as the Nieuwkoop head organizer and the body axis organizer, which are both equivalent to the Spemann organizer center- are related to the transforming growth factor-beta [TGF-beta] superfamily, demonstrated to play a key role in the development and differentiation of the mammary gland, together with FGF control proliferation and cellular differentiation phenomena.
1901 Hans Spemann splits a two-cell newt embryo into two parts, successfully producing two larvae.
For several years, Niehrs and his colleagues have studied a region of the growing embryo known as the Spemann organizer.
 
 
 
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