The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

The Organism as a Whole

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

CHAPTER II THE SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING AND DEAD MATTER AND THE QUESTION OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

CHAPTER III THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF GENUS AND SPECIES

CHAPTER IV SPECIFICITY IN FERTILIZATION

CHAPTER V ARTIFICIAL PARTHENOGENESIS

CHAPTER VI DETERMINISM IN THE FORMATION OF AN ORGANISM FROM AN EGG

CHAPTER VII REGENERATION

CHAPTER VIII DETERMINATION OF SEX, SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS,

CHAPTER IX MENDELIAN HEREDITY AND ITS MECHANISM 200 I

CHAPTER X ANIMAL INSTINCTS AND TROPISMS 217

CHAPTER XI THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER XII ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER XIII EVOLUTION

CHAPTER XIV DEATH AND DISSOLUTION OF THE ORGANISM

INDEX

Putnam's Science Series

Title: The Organism as a Whole

From a Physicochemical Viewpoint

Author: Jacques Loeb

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The Organism as a Whole

From a Physicochemical Viewpoint
By
Jacques Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

With 51 Illustrations

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Copyright, 1916 by JACQUES LOEB
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To THE MEMORY OF DENIS DIDEROT Of the “He was one of those simple, disinterested, and intellectually sterling workers to whom their own personality is as nothing in the presence of the vast subjects that engage the thoughts of their lives.”
John Morley.
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