On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... Archipelago , with the request that he would present it to the Linnean Society . On reading it Darwin found that it contained practically the same conclusions at which he himself had arrived . He forthwith wrote a paper which he read ...
... Archipelago , with the request that he would present it to the Linnean Society . On reading it Darwin found that it contained practically the same conclusions at which he himself had arrived . He forthwith wrote a paper which he read ...
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... archipelago , has arrived at almost exactly the same general conclusions that I have on the origin of species . In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject , with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell , who sent it to ...
... archipelago , has arrived at almost exactly the same general conclusions that I have on the origin of species . In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject , with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell , who sent it to ...
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... Archipelago , both one with another , and with those from the American mainland , I was much struck how entirely vague and arbitrary is the distinction between species and varieties . On the islets of the little Madeira group there are ...
... Archipelago , both one with another , and with those from the American mainland , I was much struck how entirely vague and arbitrary is the distinction between species and varieties . On the islets of the little Madeira group there are ...
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... Archipelago in the south . In all parts of the world these stripes occur far oftenest in duns and mouse - duns ; by the term dun a large range of colour is included , from one between brown and black to a close approach to cream colour ...
... Archipelago in the south . In all parts of the world these stripes occur far oftenest in duns and mouse - duns ; by the term dun a large range of colour is included , from one between brown and black to a close approach to cream colour ...
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... Archipelago climbs the loftiest trees by the aid of exquisitely constructed hooks clustered round the ends of the branches , and this contrivance , no doubt , is of the highest service to the plant ; but as we see nearly similar hooks ...
... Archipelago climbs the loftiest trees by the aid of exquisitely constructed hooks clustered round the ends of the branches , and this contrivance , no doubt , is of the highest service to the plant ; but as we see nearly similar hooks ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America analogous ancient animals appear archipelago become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence domestic doubt embryo endemic existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable fertilised fertility flowers formations forms fossil Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hybrids hybrids produced important increase individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate larvæ laws less living males mammals manner migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest occasionally offspring organic organisation origin of species perfect pigeons plants pollen present principle probably produced progenitor ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rock-pigeon rudimentary seeds sexual sexual selection Silurian slight sometimes South America sterility structure struggle successive supposed swimbladder tend theory variability variations varieties vary whole widely