The cell in development and heredity / by Edmund B. Wilson.

  • Edmund Beecher Wilson
Date:
1925
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Credit: The cell in development and heredity / by Edmund B. Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS page List of Figures xxv INTRODUCTION General significance of the Cell-Theory. History of the Cell-Theory; the three Pe¬ riods of its Development. Its Influence upon the Study of Anatomy, Physiol¬ ogy, Pathology, Embryology and Heredity. The Protoplasm-Theory and the Germ-Cells. Origin of Cells. Cell-Division and the Law of Genetic Continuity. Preformation and Epigénesis. Theories of Heredity. The Foundation of Cy¬ tology. Fertilization of the Egg. The Chromosomes. Studies in Cell-Lineage. Experimental Embryology and Cell-Physiology. The Rediscovery of Mendel's Laws of Segregation and the modern Study of Genetics and Cytology. Outline of Chapters. . i Literature i8 CHAPTER I General Morphology of the Cell I. General Sketch, Introductory 21 II. The Cytosome and its Formed Components 28 1. The Central Bodies 29 2. The Cytoplasmic Granules . . . 31 3. Fibrillae 40 4. Plastids . , . . - . . 43 5. Chondriosomes 45 6. Golgi-Appara tus 48 7. Vacuoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 8. Cell-Membrane 54 III. Protoplasm. Its Composition and Structure ...... 57 1. Terminology 57 2. Chemical and Physical Properties of Protoplasm ..... 59 3. Fibrillar Theories of Protoplasm 63 4. Coagulation Phenomena 65 5. The Alveolar or Foam-Theory of Protoplasm 68 6. Critique of the Alveolar Theory 72 7. The Granule-Theory of Protoplasm . . . . . . . . 74 IV. The Nucleus 78 A. General Structure 82 B. The Nuclear Components 84 1. The Nuclear Membrane 85 2. The Nuclear Framework 85 3. The Nucleoli 91 4. The Enchylema or Ground-Substance 96 5. Other Structures 96 XV
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