heterogenesis
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Also heterogeny alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
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For the distinction between archebiosis and heterogenesis, see Bastian, Chap.
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James
On the basis of such experiments Korschinsky developed the theory which had been proposed by Koelliker in Wuerzburg thirty years earlier, namely, the theory of "heterogeneous production" or "heterogenesis," as Korschinsky calls it.
From At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers by O'Harra, Edwin V.
From time to time there have been observers who have maintained a belief in the opposite theory, to which the name heterogenesis has been given.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
No serious observer, acquainted with modern microscopic technical methods, has been able to confirm the explanation of their observations given by the few modern believers in heterogenesis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
But heterogenesis became the burning question, and Pouchet in France, and Bastian in England, led the opposition to Pasteur.
From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William
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