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... transmission of the other internal systems of the organism . There are some families in which the heart and the size of the principal blood - vessels are naturally very large ; others in which they are comparatively small ; and others ...
... transmission of the other internal systems of the organism . There are some families in which the heart and the size of the principal blood - vessels are naturally very large ; others in which they are comparatively small ; and others ...
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... transmission of mental faculties . We need not here dwell upon this point , for we shall have frequent occasion to revert to it in the course of the present work . Heredity of the internal elements occurs in the fluids of the organism ...
... transmission of mental faculties . We need not here dwell upon this point , for we shall have frequent occasion to revert to it in the course of the present work . Heredity of the internal elements occurs in the fluids of the organism ...
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... transmission . If we consult special treatises on this subject , we find centenarians as well among blacks as among whites ; in Russia and Scotland as in Italy and Spain ; among those who take the greatest care of their health as among ...
... transmission . If we consult special treatises on this subject , we find centenarians as well among blacks as among whites ; in Russia and Scotland as in Italy and Spain ; among those who take the greatest care of their health as among ...
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... transmission , going from male to male , was kept up during five generations.1 Albinism , rickets , lameness , ectrodactylism and polydactylism , harelip — in fact , all deviations from the type , whether they be the result of an excess ...
... transmission , going from male to male , was kept up during five generations.1 Albinism , rickets , lameness , ectrodactylism and polydactylism , harelip — in fact , all deviations from the type , whether they be the result of an excess ...
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... transmission of acquired modifications appears to be very restricted , even when occurring in both of the parents . A deaf - mute married to a deaf - mute has children who can both hear and speak . The necessity of perform- ing ...
... transmission of acquired modifications appears to be very restricted , even when occurring in both of the parents . A deaf - mute married to a deaf - mute has children who can both hear and speak . The necessity of perform- ing ...
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