Studies in the Theory Of Descent, Volume II (of 2)

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Author

Weismann, August, 1834-1914

Title

Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume II

Credits

Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Mechanism (Philosophy)

Category

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eBook-No.

47848

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47848

Release Date

January 2, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT
2. 2.I. Larva and Imago vary in Structure independently of each other.
3. 3.II. Does the Form-relationship of the Larva coincide with that of the Imago?
4. 4.III. Incongruences in other Orders of Insects.
5. 5.IV. Summary and Conclusion.
6. 6.APPENDIX I. 214 Additional Notes on the Ontogeny, Phylogeny, &c., of Caterpillars.
7. 7.APPENDIX II.
8. 8.EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
9. 9.STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF DESCENT. — Part III. ON THE FINAL CAUSES OF TRANSFORMATION. — III. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEXICAN AXOLOTL INTO AMBLYSTOMA. — INTRODUCTION. — EXPERIMENTS. — Postscript. — Addendum.
10. 10.IV. ON THE MECHANICAL CONCEPTION OF NATURE. — INTRODUCTION.
11. 11.I. Are the Principles of the Selection Theory Mechanical?
12. 12.II. Mechanism and Teleology.
13. 13.FOOTNOTES
14. 14.INDEX.
15. 15.ERRATA.
16. 16.Transcriber’s Notes

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