Abstract
THE present book, based on a course of lectures at Cornell University, represents the views of a leading geneticist concerning the present position as regards evolution. It contains little that is new to the geneticist, and its statements are apparently designed mainly for the more general reader. The earlier chapters are concerned with such topics as the cellular basis of heredity, Mendelian inheritance and the genes, variability, adaptation and natural selection, mutation, sexual selection, and the evolutionary significance of embryonic development. The last four chapters are essentially a critique of (1) the well-worn theme of inheritance of acquired characters; (2) the social evolution of man; (3) the conception of the ‘order of Nature’, and (4) of metaphysical interpretations of evolution.
The Scientific Basis of Evolution.
By Prof. T. H. Morgan. Pp. 286. (London: Faber and Faber, Ltd., 1932.) 15s. net.
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GATES, R. The Scientific Basis of Evolution . Nature 131, 380–381 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131380a0
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