Michaelis firmly believed in complex unity in the cytoplasm .
Michaelis rejected simplistic notions such as the plasma gene or that the cause of cytoplasmic inheritance was solely due to plastids and mitochondria .
Michaelis firmly believed in complex unity in the cytoplasm , but he rejected simplistic notions such as the plasma gene or that the cause of cytoplasmic inheritance was solely due to plastids and mitochondria .