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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... intermediate between their parents ; and if we account for our several domestic races by this process , we must admit the former existence of the most extreme forms , as the Italian greyhound , bloodhound , bull - dog , etc. , in the ...
... intermediate between their parents ; and if we account for our several domestic races by this process , we must admit the former existence of the most extreme forms , as the Italian greyhound , bloodhound , bull - dog , etc. , in the ...
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... intermediate between two extremely different races or species , I can hardly believe . Sir J. Sebright ex- pressly experimentised for this object , and failed . The offspring from the first cross between two pure breeds is tolerably and ...
... intermediate between two extremely different races or species , I can hardly believe . Sir J. Sebright ex- pressly experimentised for this object , and failed . The offspring from the first cross between two pure breeds is tolerably and ...
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... intermediate links in the long lines of descent , yet admit that many of our domestic races have descended from the same parents - may they not learn a lesson of caution , when they deride the idea of species in a state of nature being ...
... intermediate links in the long lines of descent , yet admit that many of our domestic races have descended from the same parents - may they not learn a lesson of caution , when they deride the idea of species in a state of nature being ...
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... some other forms , or are so closely linked to them by intermediate gradations , that naturalists do not like to rank them as distinct species , V are in several respects the most important for us VARIATION UNDER NATURE 43.
... some other forms , or are so closely linked to them by intermediate gradations , that naturalists do not like to rank them as distinct species , V are in several respects the most important for us VARIATION UNDER NATURE 43.
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... intermediate links , and it is very doubtful whether these links are hybrids ; and there is , as it seems to me , an overwhelming amount of experimental evidence , showing that they descend from common parents , and consequently must be ...
... intermediate links , and it is very doubtful whether these links are hybrids ; and there is , as it seems to me , an overwhelming amount of experimental evidence , showing that they descend from common parents , and consequently must be ...
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