Knight — 88 — Dictionary 



Kinetogenesis. — A theory of evolution based on the hypo- 

 thesis that evolutionary changes take place in response to 

 animal movements, cf. Lamarckism. 



Kinetosomes. — Granular or rod-like bodies often aggregated 

 to form plate-like bodies, which occupy the spindle-poles in 

 the sporogenetic mitosis of mosses (Allen; Wilson). 



Kinomere. — Kinetic constriction, q.v. 



Kinoplasm. — A modified type of cytoplasm which appears in 

 the form of strands (e.g. spindle fibres) or of channels in the 

 unmodified cytoplasm. 



Kinosome. — A minute body sometimes seen in the centromere 

 in such cases there being one kinosome on each chromonema 

 where it passes through the spindle attachment region. 



Kleistogamous. — Cleistogamous ; with close fertilization, this 

 taking place within the unopened flowers. 



Klon. — A group of individuals all derived asexually from a 

 single organism; clone. 



Knight-Darwin Law. — The hypothesis that "nature abhors 

 perpetual self-fertilization" and that "nature intended that a 

 sexual intercourse should take place between neighbouring 

 plants of the same species." 



