Note 142 — IV. THE CONTINUITY OF THE GERM-PLASM AS THE FOUNDATION OF A THEORY OF HEREDITY. (continued 2)
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Thus in 1877 Bütschli thought that ‘the chief significance of the formation of polar bodies lies in the removal of part of the nucleus of the egg, whether this removal is effected by simple expulsion or by the budding of the egg-cell.’ ‘Entwicklungsgeschichtliche Beiträge;’ Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Bd. XXIX. p. 237, footnote.