The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, Volume 1 |
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Page vii
... manner are highly variable ; specific characters more variable than generic : secondary sexual characters variable - Species of the same genus vary in an analogous manner- r - Reversions to long - lost characters - Summary Page 164 ...
... manner are highly variable ; specific characters more variable than generic : secondary sexual characters variable - Species of the same genus vary in an analogous manner- r - Reversions to long - lost characters - Summary Page 164 ...
Page xiii
... manner as to the other parts in which there appears to exist an adaptation to an end . Whereso- ever , therefore , all things together ( that is all the parts of one whole ) happened like as if they were made for the sake of some- thing ...
... manner as to the other parts in which there appears to exist an adaptation to an end . Whereso- ever , therefore , all things together ( that is all the parts of one whole ) happened like as if they were made for the sake of some- thing ...
Page xv
... manner in which similar views arise at about the same time , that Goethe in Germany , Dr. Darwin in England , and Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire ( as we shall immediately see ) in France , came to the same conclusion on the origin of species ...
... manner in which similar views arise at about the same time , that Goethe in Germany , Dr. Darwin in England , and Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire ( as we shall immediately see ) in France , came to the same conclusion on the origin of species ...
Page xxiii
... manner as varieties are under cultivation ; and the latter process he attributes to man's power of selection . But he does not show how selection acts under nature . He believes , like Dean Herbert , that species , when nascent , were ...
... manner as varieties are under cultivation ; and the latter process he attributes to man's power of selection . But he does not show how selection acts under nature . He believes , like Dean Herbert , that species , when nascent , were ...
Page xxv
... manner by the Rev. Baden Powell , in his ' Essays on the Unity of Worlds , ' 1855. Nothing can be more striking than the manner in which he shows that the introduction of new species is " a regular , not a casual phenomenon , " or , as ...
... manner by the Rev. Baden Powell , in his ' Essays on the Unity of Worlds , ' 1855. Nothing can be more striking than the manner in which he shows that the introduction of new species is " a regular , not a casual phenomenon , " or , as ...
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adapted advantage allied analogous animals and plants appear Asa Gray beak become bees believe birds breeds caudicle cause cells characters climate closely colour common crossed cuckoo degree developed difficulty distinct species disuse divergence domestic animals domestic races doubt effects eggs existence extinct extremely facts favourable females flowers forms Fritz Müller genera genus giraffe gradations greater number groups habits Hence hermaphrodites hive-bee important improved increase in number individual differences inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate kind lamellæ large number larger genera larvæ less likewise males manner Melipona Mivart natural selection naturalists nearly nest occasionally offspring organisation organs origin Origin of Species perfect period pigeons pollen pollen-grains present preserved principle probably produced progenitor quadrupeds rank Red Grouse relation remarked resemble rock-pigeon seeds sexes sexual sexual selection slight stamens structure struggle supposed swimbladder tend tendency tion transitional tree variability variations varieties vary widely wings young