Int. J. Dev. Biol. 52: 147 - 150 (2008)
Special Issue: Developmental Biology in Poland
Bronislawa and Mieczyslaw Konopacki - pioneers of the application of histochemistry to embryology in Poland
Published: 14 February 2008
Abstract
In this paper, we review the life and work of Mieczyslaw Konopacki and his wife Bronislawa Konopacka. These Polish scientists introduced histochemical methods to embryological studies at the beginning of the XXth century; they were pioneers in this regard in Poland and among the first in the world to implement such methods in this way.
Keywords
B. Konopacka, M. Konopacki, embryology, histochemistry