title: [Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger (1781-1833) and modern teratology].
abstract: Among other special topics Johann Friedrich Meckel the Younger concentrated his scientific researches on the systematic investigations of the human and animal malformations. He explored many samples which were part of his private anatomical collection. Today, the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology possesses a number of important teratological preparations which Meckel and his graduate students minutely investigated (e.g. the individuals to the Meckel, Klippel Feil and Hanhart syndrome). The goals of our studies are to identify the samples originating from the Meckel Collections, and to reinvestigate them with modern methods. Two objects (brainless malformation, Halle I, and neural tube defect, Halle II) were analysed by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH). These results obtained are published in Toennies et al. (2002).
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Saale.
authors.forename: Rudyard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Klunker
authors.forename: Luminita
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Göbbel
authors.forename: Anette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Musil
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tönnies
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schultka
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D000818:Animals; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D018600:Teratology / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends