The Germ-plasm
Subtitle: a theory of heredity
By: by August Weismann ; translated by W. Newton Parker and Harriet Ronnfeldt
Contributors: Parker, W. N. (William Newton, -1923, Translator; Rönnfeldt, Harriet, Translator; Royal College of Physicians of London
Publisher: Walter Scott
Published: 1893
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Genetics; Gametes
Other titles: Keimplasma.
Work titles: Das Keimplasma : eine Theorie der Vererbung
Notes: Translation of: Das Keimplasma; eine Theorie der Vererbung.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: <p>Introduction; title: A. Historical part; title: B. Descriptive part; title: Part I. The material basis of heredity; title: The germ-plasm; title: Part II. Heredity in its relation to monogonic reproduction; title: Regeneration; title: Multiplication by fission; title: Multiplication by gemmation; title: Alternation of generations in its relation to the idioplasm; title: The formation of germ-cells; title: Summary of part II.; title: Part III. The phenomena of heredity resulting from sexual reproduction; title: Modifications of the germ-plasm caused by amphimixis; title: Ontogeny resulting from the union of the germ-plasm of two parents; title: The phenomena of reversion in their relation to amphimixis; title: Dimorphism and polymorphism; title: Doubtful phenomena of heredity; title: Part IV. The transformation of species: its origin in the idioplasm; title: The supposed transmission of acquired characters; title: Variation; title: Summary and conclusions.</p>