Friday, 26 June 2020

Edward Bles. Part 4. Cambridge: Olms and Paul Kammerer

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At the end of April 1923, 12 Madingley Road had a house guest. Edward and Bertha Bles were entertaining Paul Kammerer who had been invited ...
Thursday, 25 June 2020

Edward Bles. Part 3. Mr Budgett’s Frogs and an abortive expedition to Paraguay

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John Samuel Budgett died, aged 31, on 19 January 1904 of blackwater fever and malaria. He became famous because of his four expeditions ...
Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Edward Bles (1864-1926). Part 2. Gentleman zoologist. Frogs, plankton, embryos and protozoa

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Edward Bles was a zoologist with a substantial private income. He did not need to work but did so anyway, eventually in his own private lab...
Sunday, 21 June 2020

Edward Bles, Part 1. Glasgow Winters and Xenopus Frogs

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During the latter half of the 20th century African Clawed Frogs ( Xenopus ) became a major organism for research in developmental biology. ...
Monday, 8 June 2020

Comparative anatomy and physiology of excitatory conduction in the heart: Francis Davies and Eric Francis in Sheffield

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‘Have you ever tied a Stannius ligature?’, is a conversation stopper. If the answer is ‘yes’ then you know the person you are talking to st...
Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Vole Population Crashes: Was there an attempt to suppress a ‘lamarckian’ hypothesis in the 1950s?

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Field Vole or Short-tailed Vole Photograph by Tim Melling I apologise in advance for this post. In trying to find the answer to an a...
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