Date of Award

8-1932

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Biological Sciences

First Advisor

William N. Steil

Abstract

Until comparatively recent years little, comprehensive Cytological work had been done on the lower forms of plant life including the Liverworts. Cavers (1903) stated that Micheli in 1729 named a species "Hepaticae fontana" because of the supposed resemblance between the branched thallus and the lobes of the liver, and although this species was later named "Fegatella conica", the name "Hepaticae" has, since then, been applied to the whole group of Liverworts. Between 1850 and 1862 Hofmeister demonstrated "Alternation of Generations" in this group, and it was this characteristic that distin­guished them permanently from the Thallophytes in spite of their very common thalloid form.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the school of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfill­ment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science.

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