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 The Physiology of Twinning 



By HORATIO HACKETT NEWMAN 



In this book the author develops his theory of the 

 cause of twinning which was first advanced in 1917 in his 

 volume, The Biology of Twins. He now uses it as a work- 

 ing hypothesis to explain a long array of peculiar twin- 

 ning processes in diverse groups of animals. Interested 

 primarily in the causes and consequences of twinning, he 

 discusses all known types of complete or partial one-egg 

 twinning in the animal kingdom. His experiments, which 

 tend to indicate that twinning is a phenomenon much 

 more general than previously supposed, are here pubHshed 

 in the hope that study of the biological processes involved 

 in twinning may help to solve some of the riddles of life. 



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The Antiquity of Disease 



By ROY L. MOODIE 



A non-technical presentation of geological evidences of 

 disease. From the examination of fossil vertebrates and 

 the bones of early man, a record is here constructed of 

 prehistoric pathological conditions and, for the first time 

 in published form, there is given a discussion of the rela- 

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 ea,se. With especially prepared illustrations, this work 

 will be of particular service to those interested in medical 

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The Story of the Maize Plant 



By PAUL WEATHERWAX 



The only complete, modern exposition of the mor- 

 phology of the maize plant. In this volume Mr. Weather- 

 wax is interested in giving a well-balanced, reliable sum- 

 mary of our present botanical knowledge of maize. He 

 eliminates the influence of the economic point of view 

 and describes maize as a plant, with problems of its own 

 to solve, a life of its own to live, and a part of its own 

 to play in the drama of organic existence. His treatment 

 of the biological individuality of maize is accompanied by 

 a brief discussion of the influence of corn upon ancient 

 and modern American civilizations, and the reciprocal re- 

 actions of human activities upon the plant. Ready Feb- 

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The Evolution of Sex in Plants 



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Individuality in Organisms 



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The Origin of the Earth 



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Finite Cqllineation Groups 



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By Hans F. Blichfeldt 



A Chemical Sign of Life 



By Shiro Tashiro 



The Biology of Twins 



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Food Poisoning 



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The Electron 



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The Living Cycads 



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Problems of Fertilization 



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The Origin and Development 

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