OLD VIEW. “In the post-Darwinian era, this individualistic view of the organism extended to the organization of the cell, as well as projected onto the organism formed by intercellular relations. Accordingly, all complex organization resulted from the struggle for existence, providing an ever-increasing integration through a division of labor. A common assumption underlays this classical conception, namely, that each organism is derived from one germplasm, the zygote.”
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