Contents

		FrontMatter
		Table of Contents
		Introduction
		Part I - The Material Basis of Heredity
	I	The Germ Plasm
		Part II - Heredity in its Relation to Monogonic Reproduction
	II	Regeneration
	III	Multiplication by Fission
	IV	Multiplication by Gemmation
	V	Alternation of Generations in its Relation to the Idioplasm
	VI	The Formation of Germ Cells
	VII	Summary of Part II
		Part III - The Phenomena of Heredity Resulting from Sexual Reproduction
	VIII	Modifications of the Germ-Plasm Caused by Amphimixis
	IX	Ontogeny Resulting from the Union of Germ-Plasm of Two Parents
	X	The Phenomena of Reversion in their Relation to Amphimixis
	XI	Dimorphism and Polymorphism
	XII	Doubtful Phenomena of Heredity
		Part IV - The Transformation of Species: Its Origin in the Idioplasm
	XIII	The Supposed Transmission of Acquired Characters
	XIV	Variation
		Summary and Conclusion
		Index