On the other hand, the egg-substance of the female germ-cell, which is assimilated by the chromosomes, and which is turned into their substance by the process of organic chemistry, loses its specific plastic vital energy completely. Xxnx And the germ-cell may devour any amount of egg-protoplasma without losing its original paternal energy. Everything may be inherited, from the most delicate shadings of the disposition, the intelligence and the will power, to the least details of hair, nails and bone structure, etc. He felt this was a crime that needed to be fixed and so he wrote this book explaining sex for young and old. In the case of animals sex plays a simpler and less complex rôle. Here the little germ begins to mature in order to develop into an exact counterpart of its parents.
