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1 online resource (xii, 700 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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I. Explorations into Natural History and Development. 1. Growing up and early research ; 2. The age of development ; 3. Becoming an embryologist : insect development ; 4. Studies in descent. Part 1, 1863-1876 ; 5. Studies in descent. Part 2, 1873-1876 ; 6. Daphnia research and the ecology of lakes ; 7. From germ layers to the germ-plasm : the study of hydromedusae, 1877-1883 ; 8. From egg to heredity : 1876-1885 ; 9. A perspective on heredity ; 10. Carl Nägeli and inter- and intragenerational continuity ; 11. The emergence of nuclear cytology -- II. An Architectonic View of Heredity. 12. A new perspective on heredity : continuity and heredity ; 13. Transmission of adaptations and evolution : 1885-1890 ; 14. Polar body research : 1887-1891 ; 15. Protozoa and amphimixis ; 16. A model for heredity : Das Keimplasma, 1892 ; 17. Controversies and adjustments : 1893-1896 ; 18. The germ-plasm and the diversity of living phenomena : 1890-1900 ; 19. Seasonal dimorphism in butterflies and parthenogenesis of drones ; 20. Adapting the germ-plasm ; 1900-1914 ; 21. A mechanical model for evolution -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Works by August Weismann. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Weismann, August, 1834-1914.
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Weismann, August, 1834-1914. |
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Biologists -- Germany -- Biography.
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Biologists. |
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Germany. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Churchill, F. B. (Frederick B.). August Weismann 9780674736894 (DLC) 2014035141 (OCoLC)890080303 |
| ISBN |
9780674286832 electronic book |
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0674286839 electronic book |
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9780674736894 |
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0674736893 |
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