The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint

by Jacques Loeb

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
Introductory Remarks	1
CHAPTER II
The Specific Difference between Living and Dead Matter and the Ques­tion of the Origin of Life	14
CHAPTER III
The Chemical Basis of Genus and Species:	40
II.—The Incompatibility of Species not Closely Related	44
II.—The Chemical Basis of Genus and Species and of Species Specificity	53
CHAPTER IV
Specificity in Fertilization	71
CHAPTER V
Artificial Parthenogenesis	95
CHAPTER VI
Determinism in the Formation of an Organism from an Egg	128
CHAPTER VII
Regenera­tion	153
CHAPTER VIII
Determina­tion of Sex, Secondary Sexual Characters, and Sexual Instincts:
II.—The Cytological Basis of Sex Determination	198
II.—The Physiological Basis of Sex Determination	214
CHAPTER IX
Mendelian Heredity and its Mechanism	229
CHAPTER X
Animal Instincts and Tropisms	253
CHAPTER XI
The Influence of Environment	286
CHAPTER XII
Adapta­tion to Environment	318
CHAPTER XIII
Evolu­tion	346
CHAPTER XIV
Death and Dissolution of the Organism	349
Index	371

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