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VARIATION AND DIFFERENTÏATIÔN 51—587
actual or
In the case of x, for-example,
the generative valüÎé*is half a vertebra more- than itactuall£y
possessed, Whilst z
Vertebra less, and the female
a gives nearly 2 more vértebræ;to her
herself pos'sessjed.
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The above data from? ']ohs, Sch‘midt’s
give *
some indication of the extremely able way-iËWhiCh
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approached the problem of hereditÿ: If the environmental
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finuenCes could be completely excluded, the method°vvou}ld
yield important conclusions regarding the “generative ;’ ’
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vaIUe, as ]ohs. Schmidt underStands it; namely,the potential
value of, a character contained in the germplasm Of an
individual; «_Biit, just as:in' the previous cases, one -mäy
doubt Wlféther the environment has been or can be excluded.
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The generative values given by him seem in reality Comple}ç
not
simple. They represent not merely the inheted
substance, but also the inuences under which the Offspring » 5—
Were rst of all created and then developed, and
cannot
assùmetheset0
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question,__ -’\Vhether the
the
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the germplasmlsa given number Of Vertebrèe‘ inheritèd
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ornot?T hecompleX1ty Of
clearly
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indicated long ago by: Adam Sedgw1ck(1899) Wh11stthe :
individual may be
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contained in the germ, yet
“ every feature xvh1chsuccesswely
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appears in an organism in the march
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zygote
death is an acquired characterÿ” The Offspring,“
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We may say, receiVe through the germ’not any partiCular
feature, but the tendency to repeat the same experience
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and Ï ”ch'a‘raCter‘s uder the same ”conditions. One hasth
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“as pointed out by Sir ]Ohn ÏMurray,
that
“the
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”composition is_ just —_as = likely to behanded
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d0wn 'asmofphofbgica1 —sttùcture.’-’
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On the oneëhand;ÂWe h“=àVé
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Stances of
sexual products andthefegUÎat0ry€SS€nœsm
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