Abstract
SO far as the study of heredity means formulating and explaining the resemblances and differences between successive generations great progress has certainly been made, and Prof. Morgan thinks it is mock modesty to refrain from saying that many problems have been solved. The present book is a masterly account of recent work on the physical basis of inheritance, which means, for practical purposes, the chromosomes of the germ-cells. The general evidence in support of the chromosomal theory is once more discussed; its fundamental propositions are clearly stated and abundantly illustrated; and numerous recent subtleties, at varying levels of probability, are explained. The book is indispensable to serious students of biology.
The Physical Basis of Heredity.
By Prof. T. H. Morgan. (Monographs on Experimental Biology.) Pp. 305. (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1919.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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The Physical Basis of Heredity . Nature 106, 103–105 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106103a0
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