An introduction to the study of heredity / by E.W. Macbride.

  • MacBride, E. W. (Ernest William), 1866-1940.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: An introduction to the study of heredity / by E.W. Macbride. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    if the study of the structure of living beings had commenced with animals, the conception of the unit would not have been that of a cell, but something more analogous to a brick; and one would have compared the Fig. 1. Illustrating the differences between vegetable and animal cells. A. Cells from the vine. B. Cells from the larva of the star-fish. 1. Nucleus. 2. Cell-wall. body to a wall composed of bricks united by mortar rather than to a honeycomb (Fig. 1, A and B). Different from one another as are the great masses of adult animal and vegetable cells, very young animal and vegetable cells resemble one another more closely, for in