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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... adapted to catch insects under the bark of trees . In the case of the mistletoe , which draws its nourishment from certain trees , which has seeds that must be transported by certain birds , and which has flowers with separate sexes ...
... adapted to catch insects under the bark of trees . In the case of the mistletoe , which draws its nourishment from certain trees , which has seeds that must be transported by certain birds , and which has flowers with separate sexes ...
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... adapted for diving , allows it to compete with other aquatic insects , to hunt for its own prey , and to escape serving as prey to other animals . The store of nutriment laid up within the seeds of many plants seems at first sight to ...
... adapted for diving , allows it to compete with other aquatic insects , to hunt for its own prey , and to escape serving as prey to other animals . The store of nutriment laid up within the seeds of many plants seems at first sight to ...
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... adapted forms could not freely enter , we should then have places in the economy of nature which would assuredly be better filled up , if some of the original inhabitants were in some manner modified ; for , had the area been open to ...
... adapted forms could not freely enter , we should then have places in the economy of nature which would assuredly be better filled up , if some of the original inhabitants were in some manner modified ; for , had the area been open to ...
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... adapted to each other and to the physical conditions under which they live , that none of them could anyhow be improved ; for in all countries , the natives have been so far conquered by naturalised productions , that they have allowed ...
... adapted to each other and to the physical conditions under which they live , that none of them could anyhow be improved ; for in all countries , the natives have been so far conquered by naturalised productions , that they have allowed ...
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... adapted to the most complex condi- tions of life , and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship ? It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising , throughout the world , every ...
... adapted to the most complex condi- tions of life , and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship ? It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising , throughout the world , every ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America amount analogous ancient appear Archipelago become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common parent continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence doubt embryo endemic Europe existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable fertility flowers formations forms fossil Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites hybrids hybrids produced important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing land larvæ less living male mammals manner Marsupials migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest oceanic islands offspring organisation perfect pigeons pistil plants pollen present principle probably produced progenitor ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rock-pigeon rudimentary organs seeds sexual selection Silurian slight South America sterility structure struggle successive suppose swimbladder tend theory tion trees variability variation vary whole widely