title: [Maurice Herlant (1887-1920), a shooting star of embryology].
abstract: Maurice Herlant (1887-1920) was a Belgian embryologist who worked at the Université libre de Bruxelles during his brief career. He was the assistant of Professor Albert Brachet and was interested by polyspermia and experimental parthenogenesis. His promising career was interrupted by an early death at 33 years of age.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Biomécanique et Organogenèse, Faculté de Médecine, ULB. slouryan@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Louryan
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D004626:Embryology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century