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ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT 253
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION 259
CHANGES OF PROPORTION 263
RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT 275
CONCLUSION 281
APPENDIX
NOTE
I. DIFFERENT MODES OF STORAGE AND RELEASE OF ENERGY IN
LIVING ORGANISMS 		285
II. BLUE-GREEN ALGÆ POSSIBLY AMONG THE FIRST SETTLERS OF
OUR PLANET 		285
III. ONE SECRET OF LIFE--SYNTHETIC TRANSFORMATION OF IN-
DIFFERENT MATERIAL 		286
IV. INTERACTION THROUGH CATALYSIS--THE ACCELERATION OF
CHEMICAL REACTIONS THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER
SUBSTANCE WHICH IS NOT CONSUMED BY THE REACTION 		286
V. THE CAUSES OR AGENTS OF SPEED AND ORDER IN THE REAC-
TIONS OF LIVING BODIES--ENZYMES, COLLOIDS, ETC. 		287
VI. INTERACTIONS OF THE ORGANS OF INTERNAL SECRETION AND
HEREDITY 		289
VII. TABLE--RELATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL GROUPS OF ANIMALS
REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT 		290
BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
INDEX 307

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and Interaction of Energy. Contributors: Henry Fairfield Osborn - author. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1918. Page Number: xxvi.
    
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