E.V. McCollum's rule was, "Eat what you want after you have eaten what you should." In 1952, TIME magazine called him Dr. Vitamin and noted that he "has done more than any other man to put vitamins back in the nation's daily diet."

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Vergeleken bij alle aandacht voor koken en eten steekt die voor spijsverteren en poepen schril af. Net alsof al wat naar binnen gaat er nooit meer uit komt. Poep bevindt zich in het verdomhoekje waar eerder de seks huisde. Grootste obstakel bij praten over poep is net als toen bij seks de taal: buiten het vulgaire en medische is er weinig jargon. Maar net zoals seks naast voortplanting vooral het genot dient, is ook de ontlasting een bron van voldoening. Poep is een prachtig, veelzijdig onder...

Dit boek is het resultaat van een levenslange fascinatie voor bomen en het multidisciplinair onderzoek dat er uit voort vloeit. Van kleins af aan werd ik tot krachtige bomen en plaatsen aangetrokken. Het echte avontuur begon toen ik besefte dat beide gelinkt zijn.

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In dit handboek Ontwikkelingsbiologie worden in zestien hoofdstukken de modaliteiten van embryonale ontwikkeling van typedieren en modelorganismen doorheen het dierenrijk toegelicht. De uiteenzettingen beperken zich niet tot muis, rat en mens maar behandelen evengoed de ontwikkeling bij andere Deuterostomia modellen als kuiken, kikker, zebravis, lancetvisje en zee-egel. De nematode worm C.elegans en het holometabole fruitvliegje worden als representatieve Protostomia-Ecdysozoa modellen uitgeb...