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Eisen, G.A. 1897. Plasmocytes; the survival of the centrosomes and archoplasm of the nucleated erythrocytes, as free and independent elements in the blood of
Batrachoseps attenuatus Esch. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 3, Zoology,
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Eisen, G.A. 1900. Researches in
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Spermatogenesis of Batrachoseps. Polymorphous spermatogonia, auxocytes, and spermatocytes. Journal of Morphology. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1050170102.
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Eisen, G.A. 1888. On the anatomy of Sutroa rostrata, a new annelid of the sub-family
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Eisen, G. A. 1901. The fig: its history, culture, and curing, with a descriptive catalogue of the known varieties of figs. Available online here:
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Eisen, G.A. 1899. Notes on North-American earthworms of the genus
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Eisen, G.A. 1903. The earthquake and volcanic eruption in Guatemala in 1902. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society.
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Eisen, G.A. 1896. Pacific Coast Oligochaeta II. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 2(5):123–200.
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Williams, Gary C. (2007). "History of Invertebrate Zoology at the California Academy of Sciences".
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