heterogenetic
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The real causes of such a heterogenetic generation, if it took place at all, have not yet been found; therefore we have to treat only of the abstract possibilities of its conceivableness.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Zimmermann, G. A.
Heer has introduced into scientific language the term "new-modeling of the species," K�lliker that of a "heterogenetic generation," and Baumg�rtner that of a "transmutation of the types through a metamorphosis of germs."
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Zimmermann, G. A.
Another is the possibility of a descent by leaps, through a metamorphosis of germs or a heterogenetic generation.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Zimmermann, G. A.
For even in case of its failure, a descent of one species from another through heterogenetic generation is certainly very possible.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Zimmermann, G. A.
Among them we find also scientists who answer the question in the sense of a new-modeling of the species, of a heterogenetic generation, and of a metamorphosis of germs.
From The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality by Zimmermann, G. A.
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