Bronislawa and Mieczyslaw Konopacki - pioneers of the application of histochemistry to embryology in Poland.
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.
Bielanska-Osuchowska
Zofia
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Department of Histology and Embryology, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warsaw, Poland. zofia.osuchowska@wp.pl
D004626:Embryology / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland