On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... effected is proved by the enormous prices given for animals with a good pedigree ; and these have now been exported to almost every quarter of the world . The improvement is by no means generally due to crossing different breeds ; all ...
... effected is proved by the enormous prices given for animals with a good pedigree ; and these have now been exported to almost every quarter of the world . The improvement is by no means generally due to crossing different breeds ; all ...
Page 37
... is known that the English pointer has been greatly changed within the last century , and in this case the change has , it is believed , been chiefly effected by crosses with the fox- CHAP . I. 37 UNCONSCIOUS SELECTION .
... is known that the English pointer has been greatly changed within the last century , and in this case the change has , it is believed , been chiefly effected by crosses with the fox- CHAP . I. 37 UNCONSCIOUS SELECTION .
Page 38
... effected by crosses with the fox- hound ; but what concerns us is , that the change has been effected unconsciously and gradually , and yet so effectually , that , though the old Spanish pointer cer- tainly came from Spain , Mr. Borrow ...
... effected by crosses with the fox- hound ; but what concerns us is , that the change has been effected unconsciously and gradually , and yet so effectually , that , though the old Spanish pointer cer- tainly came from Spain , Mr. Borrow ...
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... effected . I have seen it gravely remarked , that it was most fortunate that the strawberry began to vary just when gardeners began to attend closely to this plant . No doubt the strawberry had always varied since it was cultivated ...
... effected . I have seen it gravely remarked , that it was most fortunate that the strawberry began to vary just when gardeners began to attend closely to this plant . No doubt the strawberry had always varied since it was cultivated ...
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... effected only by slow degrees ; yet recently Sir J. Lubbock has shown a degree of variability in these main nerves in Coccus , which may almost be compared to the irregular branching of the stem of a tree . This philosophical naturalist ...
... effected only by slow degrees ; yet recently Sir J. Lubbock has shown a degree of variability in these main nerves in Coccus , which may almost be compared to the irregular branching of the stem of a tree . This philosophical naturalist ...
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