Biological stereology: History, present state, future directions

✍ Scribed by Phd Robert P. Bolender

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 849 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1059-910X
• DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1070210402

✦ Synopsis

The development of a quantitative structural platform for experimental biologyextending across a hierarchy of sizes ranging from molecules to organisms-has been punctuated by a series of major achievements over the last 30 years. Stereology, a form of quantitative morphology, has contributed handsomely to this success. A personal view is presented highlighting key events in the development of biological stereology. We also examine stereology with a view toward future developments in biology and speculate how stereology might contribute to the new biological infrastructure currently being built with computers. o 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.