Wilhelm Reich's Claim of the Heterogenesis of Eukaryotic Amoebae by Correa, Paulo N. & Correa, Alexandra N. Aurora Biophysics Research Institute J Biophys Hematol Oncol, Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 2010),  pp. 1-17 Article ID:   JBHO01-01-01 View Full Text:  PDF The Journal of Biophysics, Hematology and Oncology is an open-review journal. If you wish to contribute a review of this article, please send your review to   editor.JBHO@aetherometry.com .

ABSTRACT To this day there is still no definitive model for the evolutionary emergence of eukaryotic cells. Before WWII, there existed two non-Darwinian models that have now been forgotten - the symbiotic and the orgonomic theories, which are contrasted in the present review. Both had in common the notion that the eukaryotic cell was simply a spontaneous assemblage of prokaryote-like vesicles. The orgonomic model further claimed de novo generation (heterogenesis) of eukaryotic cells (protozoa) from the spontaneous assemblage of such prokaryote-like vesicles out of dying and decaying tissue cells, or from sterilized soil infusions. However, both claims are found to be wanting in their experimental foundation.