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Paper, 'On the germinal layers and early development of the mole' by Walter Heape

Reference number: PP/1/15

Date: 1881

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Heape writes: 'The following is a note on some investigations which I have been carrying on by the kindness and with the help of Mr Balfour, in the Morphological Laboratory, Cambridge, upon the origin and formation of the germinal layers in mammals, more especially in the mole (Talpa Europea). I hope shortly to be able to give a more complete account. In the communication the following subjects are dealt with:— (1.) The origin of the epiblast. (2.) The mode of development of the mesoblast. (3.) The structure of the neurenteric canal. (4.) The relations of the mesoblast and the hypoblast to the noto­chord.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Zoology / Morphology

Received 30 November 1881. Read 22 December 1881.

A version of this paper was published in volume 33 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the germinal layers and early development of the Mole'.

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PP/1/15
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1881
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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22 pages
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Walter Heape

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Walter Heape, Paper, 'On the germinal layers and early development of the mole' by Walter Heape, 1881, PP/1/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_1_15/paper-on-the-germinal-layers-and-early-development-of-the-mole-by-walter-heape, accessed on 14 May 2025

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