germinal

• “But no sooner has one written the word germinal than one begins to experience the desire to peep ahead at the ending or, rather, to look in the beginnings for symptoms of the terminus.”

  A Revolutionary Simpleton

• “This yolk contains a germinal vesicle in which can be discovered a nucleus, called the germinal spot.”

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• “With this conviction I attempted, as far back as 1894, when the idea of germinal selection had not yet occurred to me, to make "harmonious adaptation" (coadaptation) more easily intelligible in some way or other, and so I was led to the idea, which was subsequently expounded in detail by Baldwin, and Lloyd Morgan, and also by Osborn, and Gulick as _Organic Selection_.”

  Evolution in Modern Thought

• “[266] This feeling for the tribal life may be called germinal public spirit.”

  Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

• “Sometimes it has been called the germinal disk, sometimes the germinal spot, and usually the germinative area.”

  The Evolution of Man — Volume 1

• “This layer of cells is called the germinal membrane (or blastoderm); the homogeneous cells which compose its simple structure are called blastodermic cells; and the whole hollow sphere, the walls of which are made of the preceding, is called the blastula or blastosphere.”

  The Evolution of Man — Volume 1

• “Its tread is composed of several cells, and is now commonly called the germinal disc.”

  The Evolution of Man — Volume 1

• “Gene-expression profiling has been used to define 3 molecular subtypes of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), termed germinal center B-cell-like (GCB) DLBCL, activated B-cell-like (ABC) DLBCL, and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBL).”

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue

• “A series of flying contraptions ensures that anyone here with even the most germinal of mothering instincts and there are probably 23,000 of us, give or take a few dads and brothers forgets to breathe as Bieber is repeatedly lofted high into the air and dangled over the crowd like bait.”

  The Guardian: Justin Bieber; Katy Perry – review

• “Ever since Robert Flaherty staged scenes with Inuit hunters for his germinal 1922 documentary, "Nanook of the North," documentary filmmakers have wrestled with their moral relationships with their subjects.”

  The Washington Post: 'The Kids Grow Up' turns the lens on home videos and the right to privacy

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