The Life and Letters of George John RomanesLongmans Breen and C, 1896 - 776 pages "In writing my husband's life I have tried, so far as it was possible, to let him, especially in matters scientific, speak for himself. The letters relating to his work will, I hope, interest any one who cares for biological science"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... organism , the latter remain- ing perfectly motionless . In the covered - eyed ' forms Romanes found that excision of the margin of the umbrella , or rather excision of the sense organs or marginal bodies , produced paralysis ; in this ...
... organism , the latter remain- ing perfectly motionless . In the covered - eyed ' forms Romanes found that excision of the margin of the umbrella , or rather excision of the sense organs or marginal bodies , produced paralysis ; in this ...
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... organism throw off inconceivably minute germs , or ' gemmules , ' which are then dispersed throughout the whole system . 2. That these gemmules , when so dispersed and supplied with proper nutriment , multiply by self - division , and ...
... organism throw off inconceivably minute germs , or ' gemmules , ' which are then dispersed throughout the whole system . 2. That these gemmules , when so dispersed and supplied with proper nutriment , multiply by self - division , and ...
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... organism thus mutilated responds with a single contraction to a nip with the forceps , also to various chemical stimuli . The chain of ganglia do the same , and further resemble the mutilated organism in contracting once to both make ...
... organism thus mutilated responds with a single contraction to a nip with the forceps , also to various chemical stimuli . The chain of ganglia do the same , and further resemble the mutilated organism in contracting once to both make ...
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... organism may be cut into a three - turned spiral , and on irritating the end , the whole contracts ; yet a moment's thought will show how trying this mode of section is to nervous connections . As the animal may be cut , as in the ...
... organism may be cut into a three - turned spiral , and on irritating the end , the whole contracts ; yet a moment's thought will show how trying this mode of section is to nervous connections . As the animal may be cut , as in the ...
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... organism . For if the hybrid , afterwards produced , presents equally the characters of the scion and the stock , then formative material must have been present in the tissues of the scion , and it is demonstrated that the somatic ...
... organism . For if the hybrid , afterwards produced , presents equally the characters of the scion and the stock , then formative material must have been present in the tissues of the scion , and it is demonstrated that the somatic ...
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