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Essays upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems
August Weismann · English translation
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Weismann's separation of germ line and body cleared away the inheritance of acquired characters and made variation in the germ line the raw material for selection, a step toward the Modern Synthesis.
- Author
- August Weismann
- Published
- 1889
- Edition
- English translation
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- Scholarly
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- Mutation & New Information, Natural Selection
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- s01Front matterabout 1,925 words
- s02I. The Duration Of Life · I. The Duration Of Lifeabout 12,161 words
- s03Appendixabout 12,530 words
- s04II. On Heredity · II. On Heredityabout 14,486 words
- s05Preface · III. Life And Death (part 1 of 2)about 10,009 words
- s06Preface · III. Life And Death (part 2 of 2)about 10,159 words
- s07Preface · Introduction (part 1 of 2)about 17,639 words
- s08Preface · Introduction (part 2 of 2)about 18,009 words
- s09Preface · V. The Significance Of Sexual Reproduction (part 1 of 2)about 15,774 words
- s10Preface · V. The Significance Of Sexual Reproduction (part 2 of 2)about 15,979 words
- s11Appendix to page 258 … Prefaceabout 1,472 words
- s12VI. On The Number Of Polar Bodies And Theirabout 11,589 words
- s13III. The Foregoing Considerations Applied To The Male Germ-Cellsabout 2,820 words
- s14IV. The Foregoing Considerations Applied To Plants · V. Conclusions With Regard To Heredityabout 1,858 words
- s15VI. Recapitulationabout 2,166 words
- s16VII. On The Supposed Botanical Proofsabout 12,676 words
- s17VIII. The Supposed Transmission Ofabout 11,070 words
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