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Definition of Gemmules
1. gemmule [n] - See also: gemmule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemmules
Literary usage of Gemmules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1891)
"But if we believe the different characters of cells in ontogenetic differentiation
are due to a separation of gemmules into corresponding differentiated ..."
2. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"As to Formations without the Requisite gemmules.—Mr. Lewes and Prof. Delpino.
... That such a complete collection of gemmules is aggregated in ..."
3. The Law of Heredity: A Study of the Cause of Variation, and the Origin of by William Keith Brooks (1883)
"If it can be shown that these few gemmules are not necessarily present afc all
times and in all parts of the body, but only occasionally and in certain ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"Transmitted thus from parent to offspring, the latter may be regarded as potentially
composed of the gemmules derived from its parent—which, ..."
5. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1892)
"Each unit in a hybrid must throw off, according to tho doctrine of pangenesis,
an abundance of hybridised gemmules, for crossed plants can be readily and ..."
6. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1887)
"Pure gemmules in combination with hybridised gemmules would lead to partial ...
And lastly, hybridised gemmules derived from l>oth parent-hybrids would ..."
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