The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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... common , that the great end of their existence is the multipli- cation of the race - an end to which the nutritive and animal functions are always subordinated . Such , indeed , is the oc- casional degradation or non - development of ...
... common , that the great end of their existence is the multipli- cation of the race - an end to which the nutritive and animal functions are always subordinated . Such , indeed , is the oc- casional degradation or non - development of ...
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... common a fea- ture in the life - history of the hydraform zoophytes , the nor- mal or typical form being assumed to be that of the polype , and the medusa form being regarded simply as a highly in- dividualized generative organ detached ...
... common a fea- ture in the life - history of the hydraform zoophytes , the nor- mal or typical form being assumed to be that of the polype , and the medusa form being regarded simply as a highly in- dividualized generative organ detached ...
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... common Hydra , in which the large Medusa of the " Hydra tuba " are represented only by spermatic and ovarian cysts , of the most rudimentary organisation , attached to the exterior of the polype . Closely allied species sometimes differ ...
... common Hydra , in which the large Medusa of the " Hydra tuba " are represented only by spermatic and ovarian cysts , of the most rudimentary organisation , attached to the exterior of the polype . Closely allied species sometimes differ ...
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... common but the single point of sexual completeness , the medusoids , prothallia , and other gamomorphic forms being generally of the most rudi- mentary structure . Hence , in the one case , we speak of the typical organism and its germ ...
... common but the single point of sexual completeness , the medusoids , prothallia , and other gamomorphic forms being generally of the most rudi- mentary structure . Hence , in the one case , we speak of the typical organism and its germ ...
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... common end , -the multiplication of the race , though by different means . The great function of the germinal or pro- tomorphic zooids is the evolution of the more perfect embryos , of which they serve as budding - stocks ; that of the ...
... common end , -the multiplication of the race , though by different means . The great function of the germinal or pro- tomorphic zooids is the evolution of the more perfect embryos , of which they serve as budding - stocks ; that of the ...
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