Mammalian ovum (von Baer)
Óvulo de los mamíferos
- Date
- 1827 · confidence high
- Place
- Königsberg, Prussia (Kaliningrad)
- Credited to
- Karl Ernst von Baer
- People
- 👤 Karl Ernst von Baer1792–1876
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
He identified the egg within the ovarian follicle of a dog, showing that mammals, including women, develop from an egg. Von Baer also founded comparative embryology.
What it led to
- modern embryology
- understanding of fertilisation
- in vitro fertilisation (1978)
- von Baer's laws and evo-devo
Built on
- Spermatozoon1677
- De Graaf follicle (1672)