Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems / Authorised Translation
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TRANSLATIONS
FOREIGN BIOLOGICAL MEMOIRS
IV.
London
HENRY FROWDE
Oxford University Press Warehouse
Amen Corner, E.C.
Dr. AUGUST WEISMANN
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG IN BREISGAU
AUTHORISED TRANSLATION
EDITED BY
August Weismann
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AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
EDITORS’ PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE DURATION OF LIFE.
PREFACE.
APPENDIX.
Footnotes for the Appendix to Essay I.
ON HEREDITY.
PREFACE.
Footnotes for Essay II.
LIFE AND DEATH.
PREFACE.
Footnotes for Chapter III.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
Introduction.
I. The Germ-plasm.
II. The Significance of the Polar Bodies.
III. On the Nature of Parthenogenesis.
Footnotes for Essay IV.
SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION, ETC.
PREFACE.
SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUAL REPRODUCTION, etc.
CONTENTS.
APPENDICES.
Footnotes for Essay V.
APPENDICES.
Footnotes for Appendices for Essay V.
ON THE NUMBER OF POLAR BODIES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN HEREDITY.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
I. Parthenogenetic and Sexual Egg.
II. The Significance of the Second Polar Body.
III. The Foregoing Considerations Applied To the Male Germ-Cells.
IV. The Foregoing Considerations applied To Plants.
V. Conclusions with regard to Heredity.
VI. Recapitulation.
Footnotes for Essay VI.
VII.
Footnotes for Essay VII.
Footnotes for Essay VIII.
INDEX.
