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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... look to the individuals of the same variety or sub - variety of our older cultivated plants and ani- mals , one of the first points which strikes us , is , that they generally differ more from each other than do the individuals of any ...
... look to the individuals of the same variety or sub - variety of our older cultivated plants and ani- mals , one of the first points which strikes us , is , that they generally differ more from each other than do the individuals of any ...
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... look at the inheritance of every character whatever as the rule , and non - inheritance as the anomaly . The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown ; no one can say why a peculiarity in different individuals of the same species ...
... look at the inheritance of every character whatever as the rule , and non - inheritance as the anomaly . The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown ; no one can say why a peculiarity in different individuals of the same species ...
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... look to the hereditary varieties or races of our domestic animals and plants , and compare them with closely allied species , we generally perceive in each domestic race , as already remarked , less uniformity of character than in true ...
... look to the hereditary varieties or races of our domestic animals and plants , and compare them with closely allied species , we generally perceive in each domestic race , as already remarked , less uniformity of character than in true ...
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... look in vain throughout the whole great family of Columbidæ for a beak like that of the English carrier , or that of the short - faced tumbler , or barb ; for reversed feathers like those of the Jacobin ; for a crop like that C of the ...
... look in vain throughout the whole great family of Columbidæ for a beak like that of the English carrier , or that of the short - faced tumbler , or barb ; for reversed feathers like those of the Jacobin ; for a crop like that C of the ...
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... look further than to mere vari- ability . We cannot suppose that all the breeds were suddenly produced as perfect and as useful as we now see them ; indeed , in many cases , we know that this has not been their history . The key is ...
... look further than to mere vari- ability . We cannot suppose that all the breeds were suddenly produced as perfect and as useful as we now see them ; indeed , in many cases , we know that this has not been their history . The key is ...
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