In his essay “Darwin and Heredity: The Evolution of His Hypothesis of Pangenesis,” Gerald Geison writes: “These experiments, like all that followed, failed utterly to confirm Darwin's view ...

Pangenesis has not yet “received its death blow.” EACH person who assails this unfortunate “provisional hypo thesis” makes the attack from his own particular point of view.

In pangenesis, small particles called pangenes, or gemmules, are produced in every organ and tissue of the body and flow through the bloodstream.

This article was originally published with the title “ Darwin's Theory of Pangenesis ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 34 No. 25 (June 1876), p. 384 doi:10. ...

Pangenesis was a huge blunder and it was avidly attacked by Darwin's intellectual opponents. They realized that if all inheritance were really blended, ...