August Weismann : development, heredity, and evolution / Frederick B. Churchill.

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.

xii, 700 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

I. Explorations into Natural History and Development. 1. Growing up and early research ; 2. The age of development ; 3. Becoming an embryologist : insect development ; 4. Studies in descent. Part 1, 1863-1876 ; 5. Studies in descent. Part 2, 1873-1876 ; 6. Daphnia research and the ecology of lakes ; 7. From germ layers to the germ-plasm : the study of hydromedusae, 1877-1883 ; 8. From egg to heredity : 1876-1885 ; 9. A perspective on heredity ; 10. Carl Nägeli and inter- and intragenerational continuity ; 11. The emergence of nuclear cytology -- II. An Architectonic View of Heredity. 12. A new perspective on heredity : continuity and heredity ; 13. Transmission of adaptations and evolution : 1885-1890 ; 14. Polar body research : 1887-1891 ; 15. Protozoa and amphimixis ; 16. A model for heredity : Das Keimplasma, 1892 ; 17. Controversies and adjustments : 1893-1896 ; 18. The germ-plasm and the diversity of living phenomena : 1890-1900 ; 19. Seasonal dimorphism in butterflies and parthenogenesis of drones ; 20. Adapting the germ-plasm ; 1900-1914 ; 21. A mechanical model for evolution -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Works by August Weismann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.