On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeThis is the 'second edition' of Darwin's Origin of Species. |
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... sometimes varying conditions of life , will have a better chance of surviving , and thus be naturally selected . From the strong principle of inheritance , any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form . This ...
... sometimes varying conditions of life , will have a better chance of surviving , and thus be naturally selected . From the strong principle of inheritance , any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form . This ...
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... term gardeners mean a single bud or offset , which suddenly assumes a new and sometimes very different character from that of the rest of the plant . Such buds can be propagated by grafting , & c B 3 CHAP . I. 9 UNDER DOMESTICATION .
... term gardeners mean a single bud or offset , which suddenly assumes a new and sometimes very different character from that of the rest of the plant . Such buds can be propagated by grafting , & c B 3 CHAP . I. 9 UNDER DOMESTICATION .
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... sometimes by seed . These " sports " are extremely rare under nature , but far from rare under cultivation ; and in this case we see that the treatment of the parent has affected a bud or offset , and not the ovules or pollen . But it ...
... sometimes by seed . These " sports " are extremely rare under nature , but far from rare under cultivation ; and in this case we see that the treatment of the parent has affected a bud or offset , and not the ovules or pollen . But it ...
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... sometimes inherited and sometimes not so ; why the child often reverts in certain characters to its grand- father or grandmother or other more remote ancestor ; why a peculiarity is often transmitted from one sex to both sexes , or to ...
... sometimes inherited and sometimes not so ; why the child often reverts in certain characters to its grand- father or grandmother or other more remote ancestor ; why a peculiarity is often transmitted from one sex to both sexes , or to ...
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... sometimes ( as I have found with pigeons ) extremely uniform , and everything seems simple enough ; but when these mongrels are crossed one with another for several generations , hardly two of them will be alike , and then the extreme ...
... sometimes ( as I have found with pigeons ) extremely uniform , and everything seems simple enough ; but when these mongrels are crossed one with another for several generations , hardly two of them will be alike , and then the extreme ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America amount analogous ancient animals appear become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common parent continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence domestic doubt embryo Europe existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable Fcap fertility flowers formations forms fossil Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites hybrids hybrids produced important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate land larvæ less living male mammals manner Marsupials migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest oceanic islands offspring organisation perfect pigeons plants pollen present probably produced progenitor racters ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rock-pigeon rudimentary organs seeds sexual selection Silurian slight South America sterility structure struggle successive supposed tend theory tion variability variations varieties vary whole widely