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Organic evolution as the result of the inheritance of acquired characters according to the laws of organic growth.

Title
Organic evolution as the result of the inheritance of acquired characters according to the laws of organic growth. Tr. by J.T. Cunningham.
Author
Eimer, Theodor, 1843-1898.
Publication
London, Macmillan, 1890.

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Description
xxviii, 435 pages
Subject
  • Evolution
  • Life > Origin
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Genetics
  • Biological Evolution
  • Origin of Life
  • evolution
  • Evolution
  • Life > Origin
  • Variation (Biology)
  • Inheritance of acquired characters
Note
  • Translation of first part of Die Entstehung der Arten auf Grand von Vererben erworbener Eigenschaften nach den Gesetzen organischen Wachsens.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Section I. The newest theories concerning evolution -- Section II. The organic growth of the living world -- Section III. Influence of adaptation in the formation of species -- Section IV. Acquired characters -- Section V. Disuse of organs -- Degeneration -- Pammixis -- Section VI. Mental faculties as acquired and inherited characters -- Section VII. Organic growth: the morphological and physiological evolution of the living world as the result of function -- Section VIII. The idea of organic growth -- The law of organic form -- Recrescence -- Appendix.
OCLC
  • ocm02671273
  • 2671273
  • SCSB-2109873
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library