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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... flowers with separate sexes absolutely re- quiring the agency of certain insects to bring pollen from one flower to the other , it is equally preposterous to account for the structure of this parasite , with its relations to several ...
... flowers with separate sexes absolutely re- quiring the agency of certain insects to bring pollen from one flower to the other , it is equally preposterous to account for the structure of this parasite , with its relations to several ...
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... flowering with plants when transported from one climate to another . In animals it has a more marked effect ; for instance , I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more , in proportion ...
... flowering with plants when transported from one climate to another . In animals it has a more marked effect ; for instance , I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more , in proportion ...
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... flower- garden races of plants , most useful to man at different seasons and for different purposes , or so beautiful in his eyes , we must , I think , look further than to mere vari- ability . We cannot suppose that all the breeds were ...
... flower- garden races of plants , most useful to man at different seasons and for different purposes , or so beautiful in his eyes , we must , I think , look further than to mere vari- ability . We cannot suppose that all the breeds were ...
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... flowers of the present day are compared with drawings made only twenty or thirty years ago . When a race of plants ... flowers in the different varieties of the same species in the flower - garden ; the diversity of leaves , pods , or ...
... flowers of the present day are compared with drawings made only twenty or thirty years ago . When a race of plants ... flowers in the different varieties of the same species in the flower - garden ; the diversity of leaves , pods , or ...
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... flowers ; how unlike the flowers of the heartsease are , and how alike the leaves ; how much the fruit of the different kinds of gooseberries differ in size , colour , shape , and hairiness , and yet the flowers present very slight ...
... flowers ; how unlike the flowers of the heartsease are , and how alike the leaves ; how much the fruit of the different kinds of gooseberries differ in size , colour , shape , and hairiness , and yet the flowers present very slight ...
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adapted affinities allied species America analogous ancient appear archipelago become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters climate closely allied colour common continued crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species doubt Edition eggs embryo Europe existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable Fcap females fertilised fertility flowers formation forms fossil Fritz Müller Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites History hybrids important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate larvæ less living male mammals manner migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest offspring organic organisation parent perfect pigeons pistil plants pollen Post 8vo present principle probably produced progenitor racters ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rudimentary seeds Silurian slight South America stamens sterility structure struggle successive supposed theory tion variability variations varieties vary Vols whole widely Woodcuts