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A first book in organic evolution

D. Kerfoot Shute

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Start with a single cell and follow it to the theory that reorganized biology. Daniel Shute builds organic evolution from the ground up: cells dividing by mitosis, heredity carrying variation, environment shaping the outcome. A clear first course for readers meeting the subject head-on. The building blocks of life, assembled one lesson at a time.

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43 chapters

  1. 1A FIRST BOOK IN ORGANIC EVOLUTION
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6SECTION I. ORGANIC CELLS: THE VISIBLE UNITS OF LIFE.
  7. 7ORGANIC CELLS: THE VISIBLE UNITS OF LIFE.
  8. 8CELL REPRODUCTION BY MITOSIS.
  9. 9SECTION II. HEREDITY WITH VARIATION.
  10. 10HEREDITY WITH VARIATION.
  11. 11ENVIRONMENT.
  12. 12ACQUIRED CHARACTERS.
  13. 13SECTION III. UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
  14. 14UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
  15. 15SECTION IV. TRANSMUTATION OF LIVING FORMS.
  16. 16TRANSMUTATION OF LIVING FORMS.
  17. 17TABLE OF STRATIFIED ROCKS AND THE SUCCESSIVE APPEARANCE OF TYPICAL ANIMAL LIFE-FORMS.
  18. 18SECTION V. NATURAL SELECTION.

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