Hormones and heredity; a discussion of the evolution of adaptations and the evolution of species / by J. T. Cunningham, M.A. (Oxon), F.Z.S.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, J. T. (Joseph Thomas), 1859-1935.

Contributor:

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secretion.

Mendel's law.

Heredity.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 246 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 3 unnumbered leaves of color plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, The Macmillan Company, [1921]

Contents:

Introduction. Historical survey of theories or suggestions of chemical influence in heredity

Chapter I. Classification and adaptation

Chapter II. Mendelism and the heredity of sex

Chapter III. Influence of hormones on development of somatic sex-characters

Chapter IV. Origin of somatic sex-characters in evolution

Chapter V. Mammalian sexual characters. Evidence opposed to the hormone theory

Chapter VI. Origin of non-sexual characters: the phenomena of mutation

Chapter VII. Metamorphosis and recapitulation.

Notes:

Plates accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Adams copy is former library copy with date due slip, pocket and embossed stamp "University of Pennsylvania Library".

Other Format:

Online version: Cunningham, Joseph Thomas, 1859-1935. Hormones and heredity.

OCLC:

2344085