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THE author, holding that a proper understanding of the relation of germplasm to soma is a prerequisite in the investigation of all problems of biology, has set himself the task of giving in broad review an account of the established facts concerning this relationship as it exists in the animal kingdom (including man). The result of his endeavour is this excellent and most useful book. The objective method of presentation, the historical review followed by a fair statement of modern opinion, the judicial comparison of opposing doctrines, the avoidance of any exhibition of preference save only in those matters upon which the author is a recognised authority, make the reading of this book both pleasant and profitable.
Körper und Keinzetten.
Von Prof. Jürgen W. Harms. (Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiet der Physiologie der Pflanzen und der Tiere, Band 9.) Teil 1. Pp. x + 516. 33 gold marks. Teil 2. Pp. iii + 517-1023. 33 gold marks. (Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926.)
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Körper und Keinzetten . Nature 120, 472 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120472b0
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