The Biological Problem Of To-day
by Oscar Hertwig
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hertwig, Oscar, 1849-1922
- Title
- The Biological Problem of To-day: Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development
- Credits
- Produced by Bryan Ness, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Genetics
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 37221
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37221
- Release Date
- August 27, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Heinemann's Scientific Handbooks — THE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF TO-DAY — HERTWIG — Heinemann's Scientific Handbooks — THE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF TO-DAY
- 2.PROFESSOR DR. OSCAR HERTWIG — DIRECTOR OF THE SECOND ANATOMICAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN — Authorized Translation — BY — P. CHALMERS MITCHELL, M.A. — WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE TRANSLATOR AND A GLOSSARY OF THE TECHNICAL TERMS
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.THE BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF TO-DAY
- 7.INTRODUCTION. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.PART I. — WEISMANN'S THEORY OF THE GERMPLASM AND DOCTRINE OF DETERMINANTS. — Criticism of the Germplasm Theory. [8] — I. Objections to the Hypothesis of Differentiating Division. — FIRST GROUP OF FACTS.—UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS. — SECOND GROUP OF FACTS.—THE LOWER MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISMS. — THIRD GROUP OF FACTS.—THE PHENOMENA OF REPRODUCTION AND REGENERATION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS. — FOURTH GROUP OF FACTS.—THE PHENOMENA OF HETEROMORPHOSIS. [12] — FIFTH GROUP OF FACTS.—PHENOMENA OF VEGETATIVE AFFINITY. [16] — SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS IN THE FIRST SECTION. — II. ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF DETERMINANTS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.PART II. — THOUGHTS TOWARDS A THEORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANISMS. [17] — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.INDEX AND GLOSSARY — THE END.
- 11.Heinemann's Scientific Handbooks.
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