idioplasm
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Just as different varieties arise simultaneously from one kinship at the same place, the same variety may arise in places far separated, when the analogous external exciting causes occasion an identical transformation in the idioplasm.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
In fact, it appears as if the idioplasm knew what parts of the plant were wanting, and what it must do to restore the integrity and vital capacity of the individual.'
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
By virtue of the automatic variation of the idioplasm the ontogenies of a phylogenetic line attain to a continually more complex organization and greater differentiation of function.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
Further, since the ontogeny begins as a unicellular organism with the formation of a germ cell, that determinant of the idioplasm comes first to development, which has developed in the unicellular ancestor.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
In the former case they presuppose crossing between related varieties or species, in the latter case an increased sensibility and weakening of the idioplasm.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
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