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Friday Book: A pattern tie to bind gay authors GAY LIVES: HOMOSEXUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY FROM JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS TO PAUL MONETTE BY PAUL ROBINSON, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, pounds 23.95
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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES ARE, by their very nature, individual works. If,
however, we look at the autobiographies of people who have in common
something as crucially defining as homosexuality, we may be able to
draw some general conclusions about sex and society.
Paul Robinson is a cultural historian rather than a literary
critic, and although he subjects his 14 texts to close readings and
is finely alert to their authors' literary as well as psychological
strategies, his principal interest is in the way these books reflect
the similarities and differences of homosexual experience, and in the ...
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Does growth correlate with turgor-induced elastic strain in stems? A re-evaluation of de vries' classical experiments
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology
; ...biomechanics were laid. In 1877, Hugo de Vries established the mechanism of plasmolysis...turgor pressure. In his time, de Vries' conclusions were widely accepted...However, in his original work de Vries (1877) had argued that the apparent...
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Braam de Vries word 70.(Elke slot 'n weerbegin: Abraham H. de Vries 70)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies
; ...letterkundige tande. Verder is Braam de Vries ook deel van daardie buitengewoon...Aucamp. Nou het Abraham H. de Vries 70 geword en sy vriende en kollegas...skrywersvriende met gedigte van Daniel Hugo, Lucas Malan en M.M. Walters...daardie spanning waaroor De Vries self so meesterlik skryf in...
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A Guinea pig's history of biology.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Clinical Investigation
; ...such as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Hugo de Vries, studied visible traits in plants...Hieracium led great minds such as de Vries down a perplexing pathway. Eventually...to emerge. Scientists such as de Vries and Gregor Mendel found that meticulously...
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Synthetic turf dampens shocks.(Sports and leisure)
Newspaper article from: Advances in Textiles Technology
; ...vary. [FIGURE 7 OMITTED] In US Patent 6 753 049, Hugo De Vries says synthetic playing surfaces are usually made with...information, see: US Patent 6 753 049, or contact: Hugo De Vries, Ringdijk 430, NL-2984 GS Ridderkerk, The Netherlands...
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Book reviews: Nature Via Nurture: More proof that nurture is only human nature
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...begin his chapter on the seven meanings of "gene" with Hugo de Vries rather than Mendel. This should help to redress the massive...though he does repeat the common misconception that De Vries merely "rediscovered" the laws of inheritance that Mendel...
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Natural gold dust.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England)
; ...begin his chapter on the seven meanings of "gene" with Hugo de Vries rather than Mendel. This should help to redress the massive...though he does repeat the common misconception that De Vries merely " rediscovered" the laws of inheritance that Mendel...
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Reviews: Fruit flies like a banana
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday
; ...for example, could eyes ever have evolved? In 1901, Hugo de Vries offered the "mutation theory", suggesting new traits...then the Fly Room worked a treat." In a bid to prove De Vries's mutation theory, Morgan subjected his flies to...
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A fine short course on the evolution of evolution
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...contemporary of Darwin who worked with peas and discovered the variability of traits. Others are less familiar. There's Hugo de Vries, the Dutch plant physiologist who found that mutations in primroses altered their traits. What caused mutations...
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Field Museum puts catalog of 40,000 books online Collection gives colorful glimpse into history of science
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...Williams said, peering through glasses perched on his nose and reaching for a 1912 volume on evolution by Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries. The bookplate says: "From the Library of Clarence Darrow." Williams smiled. "I always figured he acquired this...
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A brief history of medical diagnosis and the birth of the clinical laboratory, Part 5a--the foundation of molecular science and genetics.(Editorial)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer
; ...s work was "rediscovered," arousing much controversy. Linked in this confused rediscovery, European scientists Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak brought Mendel's early theory of heredity to light. Despite a number of...
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