The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1936, Vol. 20 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1936, Vol. 20 (Classic Reprint) written by Ross G. Harrison and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1936, Vol. 20 In a recent paper1 I reported an attempt to obtain a modified clone of Hydra Viridis by the continued selection of variates dif fering in the number of tentacles. In that experiment a clone was bred from a single wild polyp and two groups of its descend ants, each composed of 25 lines, were selected for variations in tentacle number in opposite directions from the mean of the clone. Selection was continued for several generations, then the number of tentacles of all buds produced by the last selected gen eration of the 50 lines was recorded and the averages of the two groups were compared. A slight difference, in the direction of selection, was found in the averages of the earlier buds of the two groups but this difference did not persist in the buds pro duced later by the same parents; regression was complete in a single generation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.