William H. Caldwell
(1859 - 1941)

British embryologist.

Science Quotes by William H. Caldwell (1)

Monotremes oviparous, ovum meroblastic.
The platypus and the echidna lay eggs which, having considerable yolk, lead to the development of the embryo above the yolkmass.
— William H. Caldwell
Cablegram sent to The British Association for the Advancement of Science in Montreal, 1884. Quoted In H. Burrell, The Platypus (1927), 45.
See also:  |  Egg (11)


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