Quote#Politics & Power
That the variations are controlled by physiological law, we have now…
Quote byWilliam Bateson · 1861–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Mendel's Principles of Heredity (1913), Chapter XV, p. 289..
English (original)
That the variations are controlled by physiological law, we have now experimental proof; but that this control is guided ever so little in response to the needs of adaptation there is not the smallest sign.
— William Bateson
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