BioConcepts

transference of functiontransport de fonction (fr.); Funktionsübertragung (ger.)

• The transference of a differentiated state from one body part (cell, tissue or organ) to adjacent parts. (HWB 2011)
  category function

  1828

  transport de fonction, sur un nerf qui naturellement n’est pas destiné à la remplir, n’existe pas

  Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, É. (1828). De la vision chez la Taupe. Bulletin universel des sciences et de l’industrie 15, 388-389: 389.

  1915

  shifting of organs, and transference of function from one organ to another, has been largely the method by which evolution has proceeded

  Lloyd, J.H. (1915). The morphology and functions of the corpus striatum. J. Nervous Mental Disease 15, 370-382: 377

  1949

  transference of function

  Corner, E.J.H. (1949). The annonaceous seed and its four integuments. New Phytol. 48, 332-364: 360; id. (1958). Transference of function. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 56, 33-40.

  1970

  transference of function

  Stebbins, G.L. (1970). Transference of function as a factor in the evolution of seeds and their accessory structures. Israel J. Bot. 19, 59-70.