idioplasm
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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
Thus the progression of the idioplasm controls the phylogeny of the race.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
Hereditary phenomena are those that necessarily pass over to following generations, and in general those that are located in the idioplasm, since non-idioplasmic substance can be hereditary only through a limited number of cell generations.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Nägeli, Carl Von
Since the stimulus is discontinued with each change of the ontogeny and only the idioplasm persists, permanent variations are produced only in the idioplasm by those conditions that produce visible transformations in the mature organism.
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
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