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... movement.- -When an amoeba is observed with a sufficiently high power of the microscope , it is found to consist of ... movements , when ob- served in other cells , such as the colourless blood - corpuscles of Fig . 1. - Amabæ . higher ...
... movement.- -When an amoeba is observed with a sufficiently high power of the microscope , it is found to consist of ... movements , when ob- served in other cells , such as the colourless blood - corpuscles of Fig . 1. - Amabæ . higher ...
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... movement of protoplasm can be marked by the movement of the granules nearly always imbedded in it . For example , if part of a hair of Trade- scantia ( fig . 3 ) be viewed under a high magnifying power , streams of protoplasm containing ...
... movement of protoplasm can be marked by the movement of the granules nearly always imbedded in it . For example , if part of a hair of Trade- scantia ( fig . 3 ) be viewed under a high magnifying power , streams of protoplasm containing ...
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... movements of the amoeba have been described above as spontaneous , yet they may be increased under the action of various stimuli , and if the movement have ceased for a time , as is the case if the temperature be lowered beyond a ...
... movements of the amoeba have been described above as spontaneous , yet they may be increased under the action of various stimuli , and if the movement have ceased for a time , as is the case if the temperature be lowered beyond a ...
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... movement , the oscillation gradually increasing until a permanent dimple appears , which gradually extends into a furrow running completely round the spherical ovum , and deepening until the entire yelk - mass is divided into two ...
... movement , the oscillation gradually increasing until a permanent dimple appears , which gradually extends into a furrow running completely round the spherical ovum , and deepening until the entire yelk - mass is divided into two ...
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... movement is a quality which we so commonly consider an essential indication of animal nature , that it is difficult ... movements ( p . 4 ) of a like kind to those seen in amœbæ ; and even among the higher orders of plants , many , e.g. ...
... movement is a quality which we so commonly consider an essential indication of animal nature , that it is difficult ... movements ( p . 4 ) of a like kind to those seen in amœbæ ; and even among the higher orders of plants , many , e.g. ...
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