...are not warranted in assuming that it ls exempt from the metabolic transformations that character! ze other living substances. Herbert Spencer defines...this latter term is preferred), certainly possesses an exceedingly complex minute structure, but it is nevertheless a substance of extreme stability, for...

...are not warranted in assuming that it is exempt from the metabolic transformations that characterize other living substances. Herbert Spencer defines life...this latter term is preferred), certainly possesses an exceedingly complex minute structure, but it is nevertheless a substance of extreme stability, for...

...further explained, " by supposing that in each ontogeny a part of the specific germ plasma co»tained in the parent egg-cell, is not used up in the construction...following generation. " Again he says, " the germ plasm, or idioplasm of the germ cell, (if this latter term be preferred), certainly possesses an exceedingly...

...construction of the body, the whole of the germ plasm is not used, a portion being left over and reserved unchanged, for the formation of the germ cells of the following generation. This is represented diagramatically in Fig. 2. Thomson thus summarises the Weismann theory, " The basis...

...transformations that characterize other living substances. Herbert Spencer defines life as " the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations...following generation. " Again he says, " the germ plasm, or idioplasm of the germ cell, (if this latter term be preferred), certainly possesses an exceedingly...

...energy, is admitted to be an essential condition of life in all tissues and elements of the body. A a living matter, the germ plasma must be continually...this latter term is preferred), certainly possesses an exceedingly complex minute structure, but it is nevertheless a substance of extreme stability, for...

...Weismann "heredity is brought about by the transference from one generation to another of a nubstance with a definite chemical, and above all, molecular...extreme stability, for it absorbs nourishment and grows enormously without the least change in its complex molecular structure." can "grow enormously without...

...construction of the body of the offspring, but is preserved unchanged for the, formation of the germ cell* of the following generation." Again he says, "The...this latter term is preferred), certainly possesses an exceedingly complex minute structure, but it is nevertheless a substance of extreme stability, for...

...the parent egg cell is not used up in the construction of the body of the offspring, but is reserved unchanged for the formation of the germ cells of the following generation. In other words, that the individual being the result of the sexual conjunction builds up its own body...

...the parent egg-cell is not used up in the construction of the body of the offspring, but is reserved unchanged for the formation of the germ cells of the following generation." It is interesting to compare this with the words of Francis Galton, who, in 1872, anticipated Weismann...