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CERTAIN biologists (especially Crozier1 and his school) have formulated theories on the effects of changing temperatures on protoplasm. The numerical value of the temperature coefficient (= Q10 = of a biological reaction is believed to afford a clue to the nature of the controlling physical or chemical changes. I consider that theories based on such evidence may often be misleading.
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Crozier, W. J., J. Gen. Physiol., 7, 189 (1924).
Mellanby, K., Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 127, 473 (1939).
Mellanby, K., J. Physiol. (in press) (1940).
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MELLANBY, K. Temperature Coefficients and Acclimatization. Nature 146, 165–166 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146165a0
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