Hormones and Heredity by J. T. Cunningham
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HORMONES AND HEREDITY
A Discussion Of The Evolution Of Adaptations And The Evolution Of Species By J. T. CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (OXON), F.Z.S. Sometime Fellow of University College, Oxford Lecturer in zoology at East London College, University of London LONDON CONSTABLE AND CO. LTD. 1921 PREFACE My chief object in writing this volume was to discuss the relations of modern discoveries concerning hormones or internal secretions to the question of the evolution of adaptations, and on the other hand to the results of recent investigations of Mendelian heredity and mutations. I have frequently found, from verbal or written references to my opinions, that the evidence on these questions and my own conclusions from that evidence were either imperfectly known or misunderstood. This is not surprising in view of the fact that hitherto my only publications on the hormone theory have been a paper in a German periodical and a chapter in an elementary text-book. The present publication is by no means a thorough |
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