The power series defined above is generalized by the idea of a germ.

Weismann's idea was that the relationship between the hereditary material, which he called the germ plasm ( German, Keimplasma ), and the rest of the body ( the soma ) was a one-way relationship: the germ-plasm formed the body, but the body did not influence the germ-plasm, except indirectly in its participation in a population subject to natural selection.

An interesting attribute of this idea is that it strongly resembles Darwin's own theory of pangenesis, except in the soma to germ line feedback theory, pangenes are replaced with realistic retroviruses.

The germ of the idea that I took was his.

The concept of dual cell structure, which Henri Poincaré used in his proof of his Poincaré duality theorem, contained the germ of the idea of cohomology, but this was not seen until later.

It includes all activities from the search for new opportunities through the formation of a germ of an idea to the development of a precise concept.

: These lines seemed to give general satisfaction, the idea that Brown's soul was " marching on " receiving recognition at once as having a germ of inspiration in it.

While these practices came before the idea of the germ theory was public in areas that use daily cleaning, the destruction of infectious agents seems to be dramatic.

The idea of germ is behind the definition of sheaves and presheaves.

* Lagrange publishes on the libration of the Moon, and an explanation as to why the same face is always turned to the Earth, a problem which he treats with the aid of virtual work, containing the germ of his idea of generalized equations of motion.

Wolff ’ s " De Formatione Intestinorum " rather than his " Theoria Generationis " embodies his greatest contribution to embryology ; in it he foreshadows the idea of germ layers in the embryo, which, under Pander and von Baer, became the fundamental conception in structural embryology-he laid the foundation for the germ layer theory.

Woods has had meetings with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and defends the idea that the Bolivarian Revolution is the germ of the World Revolution.

A song of Grodner's about an old father turned away by his children would later be the germ of the idea for The Yiddish King Lear.

The title The Germ refers to the Pre-Raphaelite belief in the importance of nature ( a germ is a seed ) and of the human imagination, as implied by the phrase " the germ of an idea ".

Water purification: The whole idea / concept of having dirt / germ / pollution free water flowing throughout the environment.

This became the germ of an idea for a novella Takachiho decided to write, transplanting the rough-housing of pro-wrestling to the realm of space-opera mystery stories, with which he already had experience in his already successful Crusher Joe series.

Initially, the germ of the idea for this line came from the perceived need for a rail line to serve Steuben and Livingston Counties in New York.

This does not seem to exclude the idea that Rome and the West may have had the germ of the Western Rite in common.

Crediting mathematician Kurt Gödel with the germ of the idea, Software declares: " We cannot build an intelligent robot ....

There's a germ of an idea here, but Reiner and Griffin race through the plot beats so rapidly that poor Sarah seldom has time to breathe, which also describes the movie ... never settles down enough to offer more than a shrill whine and pained expression.

It is through the metamorphosed dancer that the germ of form is discovered.

Finally, this is the germ from which the art of Polykleitos was to grow two or three generations later.

In cooked and edible forms, amaranth is competitive with wheat germ and oats-higher in some nutrients, lower in others.

Biological warfare ( also known as germ warfare ) is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.

However, when refined by the removal of the bran and germ, the remaining endosperm is mostly carbohydrate and lacks the majority of the other nutrients.

Chemotaxis has high significance in the early phases of embryogenesis as development of germ layers is guided by gradients of signal molecules.

Duesberg does not suggest that HIV is an endogenous retrovirus, a virus integrated into the germ line and genetically heritable:

* " IF the identity of the germ is not known with certainty AND the germ is gram-positive AND the morphology of the organism is " rod " AND the germ is aerobic THEN there is a strong probability ( 0. 8 ) that the germ is of type enterobacteriacae "

The damage to human germ plasm would be such that in the next few generations 160,000 children around the world would be born with gross physical or mental defects.

It brought to an end the first phase of the power struggle between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperors and has been interpreted as containing within itself the germ of nation-based sovereignty that would one day be confirmed in the Treaty of Westphalia ( 1648 ); in part this was an unforeseen result of strategic maneuvering between the Church and the European sovereigns over political control within their domains.

< p > Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

Additional optional ingredients that may be added include vitamin D, calcium, and defatted wheat germ.

The optional ingredients specified may be supplied through the use of dried yeast, dried torula yeast, partly defatted wheat germ, enriched farina, or enriched flour.

In 1897, she directed the board of trustees " that the students be taught that everyone born on earth has a soul germ, and that on its development depends much in life here and everything in Life Eternal ".

A sequestered germ line or Weismann barrier is specific to animals, and epigenetic inheritance is expected to be far more common in plants and microbes.

In the North American diet, α-Tocopherol, the most biologically active form of vitamin E, is the second most common form of vitamin E. This variant of vitamin E can be found most abundantly in wheat germ oil, sunflower, and safflower oils.

Zyme or microzyme was the name of a germ presumed to be the cause of zymotic diseases.

In early inquiries before there was an understanding of microbes, much emphasis was given to the prevention of putrefaction, and procedures were carried out to determine the amount of agent that was to be added to a given solution in order to prevent the development of pus and putrefaction ; however, due to a lack of a developed understanding of germ theory this method was inaccurate and, today, an antiseptic is judged by its effect on pure cultures of a defined microbe and / or their vegetative and spore forms.

It was not until the late 19th century however that advances in anatomy and physiology, as well an appreciation of the germ theory of disease, had improved the outcome of this operation to the point that it could be considered an acceptable treatment option.

: The germ of an organized body, the seed of a plant, or the embrio of an animal, in its first discoverable state, is now found to be the future plant or animal in miniature, containing every thing essential to it when full grown, only requiring to have the several organs enlarged, and the interstices filled with extraneous nutritious matter.

The theory of utility, which became the keynote of his general theory of political economy, was practically formulated in a letter written in 1860 ; and the germ of his logical principles of the substitution of similars may be found in the view which he propounded in another letter written in 1861, that " philosophy would be found to consist solely in pointing out the likeness of things.

A level above 500 nanograms / milliliter of AFP in adults can be indicative of hepatocellular carcinoma, germ cell tumors, and metastatic cancers of the liver.

Whatever view of science and the sociology of scientific knowledge is correct, it is a fact that in the history of science there have been many instances of new theories ( e. g., germ theory of disease, finitude of the speed of light, radioactivity ) being ridiculed and shunned by the greater scientific community when first proposed or discovered, only later to be adopted as more probably accurate.

It may be a germ, toxin or gene.

Teratomas of embryonic origin are congenital ; teratomas of germ cell origin may or may not be congenital ( this is not known ).

Teratomas of germ cell origin usually are found ( i. e., present ) in adult men and women, but they may also be found in children and infants.

Although testicular cancer can be derived from any cell type found in the testicles, more than 95 % of testicular cancers are germ cell tumors.

Testing for hCG may also be done when diagnosing or monitoring germ cell tumors and gestational trophoblastic disease.

Olson told Ruwet that he was dissatisfied with his own performance at the retreat, that he was experiencing considerable self-doubts, and that in fact he had decided he would like to be out of the germ warfare business.