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- noun Plural form of
gemmule .
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According to this, every cell of every tissue and organ of the body produces minute particles called gemmules, which partake of the characters of the cells that produce them.
The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton
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The doctrine of pangenesis supposes that these centers of nutrition form and throw off not only cells like themselves, but very minute granules, called gemmules, each of which is capable, under suitable circumstances, of developing into a cell like its parent.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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-- The doctrine of pangenesis supposes that these centers of nutrition form and throw off not only cells like themselves, but very minute granules, called gemmules, each of which is capable, under suitable circumstances, of developing into a cell like its parent.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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The hypothesis in question may be stated as follows: That each living organism is ultimately made up of an almost infinite number of minute particles, or organic atoms, termed "gemmules," each of which has the power of reproducing its kind.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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A third -- It may be all caused by infinitely numerous "gemmules:" but his reason asks him -- What puts infinite order into these gemmules, instead of infinite anarchy?
Westminster Sermons with a Preface Charles Kingsley 1847
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Against all evidence, I cannot avoid suspecting that organic particles (my "gemmules" from the separate cells of the lower creatures!) will keep alive and afterwards multiply under proper conditions.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845
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Pangenesis is based on the idea that all somatic cells produce 'gemmules' or gene material that is 'thrown off' into the body's circulatory system.
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Pangenesis is based on the idea that all somatic cells produce 'gemmules' or gene material that is 'thrown off' into the body's circulatory system.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JackHT 2010
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Pangenesis is based on the idea that all somatic cells produce 'gemmules' or gene material that is 'thrown off' into the body's circulatory system.
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Pangenesis is based on the idea that all somatic cells produce 'gemmules' or gene material that is 'thrown off' into the body's circulatory system.
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