ESSAYS UPON HEREDITY AND KINDRED BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS

BY

Dr. AUGUST WEISMANN

PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG IN BREISGAU

AUTHORISED TRANSLATION

EDITED BY

EDWARD B. POULTON, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S.

TUTOR OF KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD

LECTURER IN NATURAL SCIENCE, JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD

SELMAR SCHÖNLAND, Ph.D.

SUB-CURATOR OF THE FIELDING HERBARIUM IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

AND

ARTHUR E. SHIPLEY, M.A., F.L.S.

FELLOW AND LECTURER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

DEMONSTRATOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

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