idioplasm
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From the fact that a phylogenetic race is thrown repeatedly among different external conditions, it may at last unite in its idioplasm a large number of developing, mature, and vanishing adaptation determinants.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Carl Von Nägeli
Each body of idioplasm consists originally of only one group of micellæ, which, however, necessarily breaks up with increasing additions into several groups.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Carl Von Nägeli
External stimuli exerted on the organism are reproduced in the idioplasm.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Carl Von Nägeli
Hence along with growing and complete determinants the idioplasm always contains likewise weakened and vanishing determinants.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Carl Von Nägeli
All the peculiarities conditioned by the idioplasm remain unchanged in the offspring.
From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Carl Von Nägeli
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