The Theory of the Gene (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Theory of the Gene<br><br>In the same year in which the first edition of the Theory of the Gene appeared I published a short article in the Quarterly Review of Biology in which certain questions relating to sex and fertilization were discussed. This topic was not taken up in the first edition although intimately related to the subjects there considered. The sexual un ion of the plus and minus strains of certain fungi and algae in relation to the fertilization of the eggs of the higher plants raises a number of questions of fundamen tal interest to biologists. With the permission of the pub lishers Williams Wilkins and Co. I have reprinted here those parts of the original article that bear on the ques tion as an extension of the chapter on Other Methods of sex-determination involving Sex Chromosomes.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.