The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint
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The book approaches the organism as a whole from a physicochemical viewpoint. The discussion says that adaptations often existed before animals encountered surroundings in which those adaptations were useful, removing a need to postulate inherited acquired characters. The text leaves open the possibility that future evidence might establish the inheritance of acquired characters.
The account connects each organism’s definite form with definite chemical substances and compares that connection with the relation between substance and form in crystals. Crystals are described as capable of growth in a suitable solution and of regenerating their form in that solution after being broken or injured. The discussion identifies hermaphroditism, defined as complete and separate sets of female and male gonads in one individual, as a group of facts not yet explained.
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- Jacques Loeb
- Pages
- 219
- Language
- English
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- Biology
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