TY - JOUR
AU1 - Winslow, C.-E.A.
AU2 - Walker, L.T.
AB - A CASE OF NON-INHERITANCE OF FLUCTUATING VARIATIONS AMONG BACTERIA.* C.-E. A. WINSLOW AND L. T. WALKER. (From the Biological Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) THE subject of variation among the bacteria is of obvious impor­ tance to those who are concerned with the study of these organisms in their relations to everyday life. The pathologist and the sanitarian and the soil bacteriologist are vitally concerned with the question as to how far the types with which they work are constant and invariable, and to what extent they may modify and interchange their characters. The problem has a much wider significance, however. The bacteria exhibit protoplasm in one of its simplest forms. The absence of amphimixis and the extent to which these organisms are exposed to the direct influence of the environment make it possible to study in them some of the fundamental problems of heredity and variation in their simplest terms. The rapidity with which bacteria multiply and the ease with which they are cultivated make it reasonable to pro­ phesy that the study of bacterial variations will some day throw important light on such central problems of general biology as the origin of species. There are 
TI - A Case Of Non-Inheritance Of Fluctuating Variations Among Bacteria
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/6.1.90
DA - 1909-02-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/a-case-of-non-inheritance-of-fluctuating-variations-among-bacteria-MnS19goO9s
SP - 90
EP - 97
VL - 6
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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