idioplasm
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- idioplasmatic adjective
- idioplasmic adjective
Etymology
Origin of idioplasm
Example Sentences
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Along with the above named phylogenetic processes, which take place by the automatic increase of the idioplasm, external influences are always active.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
In obedience to these, a division of the nucleus accompanies each qualitative change in the idioplasm, in which process the different qualities are distributed between the two resulting halves of the chromatin rods.'
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
The idioplasm is thus changed everywhere in the same manner, so that the germ cells that are given off at any point feel and inherit the effects of those local stimuli.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
Wounds, healing of, in relation to idioplasm, xii.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
It will be found that characters totally contradictory are ascribed to Weismann's idioplasm.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
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