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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Page viii
... groups of species On their sudden appearance in the lowest known fossiliferous strata - Antiquity of the habitable earth .. 345-384 - - --- CHAPTER X. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS . On the slow and successive ...
... groups of species On their sudden appearance in the lowest known fossiliferous strata - Antiquity of the habitable earth .. 345-384 - - --- CHAPTER X. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS . On the slow and successive ...
Page ix
... groups subordinate to groups - - Natural system · - Rules and difficulties in classification , explained on the theory of descent with modification - Classification of varieties - Descent always used in classification - Analogical or ...
... groups subordinate to groups - - Natural system · - Rules and difficulties in classification , explained on the theory of descent with modification - Classification of varieties - Descent always used in classification - Analogical or ...
Page xvi
... groups , and by the analogy of domestic produc- tions . With respect to the means of modification , he attributed something to the direct action of the physical conditions of life , something to the crossing of already existing forms ...
... groups , and by the analogy of domestic produc- tions . With respect to the means of modification , he attributed something to the direct action of the physical conditions of life , something to the crossing of already existing forms ...
Page 31
... groups of birds , in nature . One circumstance has struck me much ; namely , that nearly all the breeders of the various domestic animals and the cultivators of plants , with whom I have conversed , or whose treatises I have read , are ...
... groups of birds , in nature . One circumstance has struck me much ; namely , that nearly all the breeders of the various domestic animals and the cultivators of plants , with whom I have conversed , or whose treatises I have read , are ...
Page 61
... group is subject ; and this shows , at least , how very generally there is some variation . But if he confine his attention to ... groups and in other countries , by which to correct his first impressions . As he extends the range of his ...
... group is subject ; and this shows , at least , how very generally there is some variation . But if he confine his attention to ... groups and in other countries , by which to correct his first impressions . As he extends the range of his ...
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accumulated adapted admit affinities allied species America analogous ancient appear archipelago Asa Gray become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common continuous crossed crustaceans degree developed difficulty distinct species divergence doubt eggs embryo existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable females fertilised fertility flowers formation forms fossil Fritz Müller Gärtner genera genus geological Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites hive-bee hybrids important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing larvæ less living males mammals manner migration modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest occasionally occur oceanic islands offspring organisation parent perfect pigeons pistil pollen present principle probably produced progenitor racters ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rudimentary organs seeds sexual sexual selection Silurian slight South America stamens sterility structure struggle successive suppose theory tion variability variations vary whilst whole