 | Charles Otis Whitman - 1919 - 322 páginas
...of the mother myth. Darwin ends his discussion of pangenesis with the following words: "Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm — a little...inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars of heaven"2 (Animals and Plants, n, p. 483). Darwin's hypothesis represented the germ-cells as composed... | |
 | Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society (1821-) - 1922 - 610 páginas
...suggests, brings with it a wider outlook for man ? " An organic being," writes Charles Darwin, '' is a microcosm, a little universe formed of a host of...self-propagating organisms inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven." And Samuel Butler adds: "As these myriads of smaller organisms are... | |
 | John Christopher Willis - 1922 - 280 páginas
...clear basis of the present manifold theories of heredity. An organic being is a microcosm, says Darwin, a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and numerous as the stars of heaven. In honour of Darwin, I have proposed to call these minute organisms... | |
 | Edwin Grant Conklin - 1922 - 372 páginas
...comprehended it. What Darwin said of the entire organism may now be said of every cell: It "is a microcosm—a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven." CHAPTER IV INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER IV INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1925 - 294 páginas
...and no more ache for ever from age or antecedents. \ " ' An organic being,' writes Mr. Darwin, ' is a microcosm, a little universe, formed of a host of...self-propagating organisms inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in Heaven.' As these myriads of smaller organisms are parts and processes of... | |
 | Theodoor Jan Stomps, Paul von dall'. Armi - 1923 - 178 páginas
...Organismus auftreten, jedesmal von der Mutterzelle in die Tochterzellen über. „An organic being is a microcosm. a little universe, formed of a host of...selfpropagating organisms, inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven". „Gemmules" oder Keimchen nannte D a rwin diese selbständigen Träger... | |
 | Gamaliel Bradford - 1926 - 356 páginas
...confessedly is, to connect under one point of view these several grand classes of facts. An organic being is a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven.' 6l Yet here again he introduces the inevitable reservation and in... | |
 | 1889 - 470 páginas
...single drop of blood contains about two and one-half millions of red corpuscles. An organic being is a microcosm, a little universe formed of a host of...inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven. — Din-win. Parasites are not usually reproductive in the animal which they inhabit. They... | |
 | C. Leon Harris - 1981 - 360 páginas
...confessedly is, to connect under one point of view these several grand classes of facts. An organic being is a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven. August Weismann. From Essays upon Heredity and Kindred Biological... | |
 | Jan Sapp - 1994 - 272 páginas
...of pangenesis. It gave a more concrete meaning to Darwin's well-known passage: "Each living being is a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host...self-propagating organisms inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in the heavens."44 Watase, of course, was not simply giving this statement more... | |
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Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven. 
