Jacques Loeb
Jacques Loeb · Science & Medicine
Physiologist known for pioneering work on artificial parthenogenesis and tropisms.
1859, Mayen, Germany — 1924, Hamilton, Bermuda
Germany · United States
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Jacques Loeb was a physiologist and biologist known for pioneering work on artificial parthenogenesis (inducing egg development without fertilization) and on tropisms, and for a mechanistic view of life. He was born into a Jewish family in Mayen, Germany, and emigrated to the United States, working at Chicago, Berkeley and the Rockefeller Institute.
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Physiologist known for pioneering work on artificial parthenogenesis and tropisms.
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