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Page 13
... allied species has a narrow range and is rare ? Yet these relations are of the highest importance , for they determine the present welfare , and , as I believe , the future success and modification of every inhabitant of this world ...
... allied species has a narrow range and is rare ? Yet these relations are of the highest importance , for they determine the present welfare , and , as I believe , the future success and modification of every inhabitant of this world ...
Page 21
... allied together , we generally perceive in each domestic race , as already remarked , less uniformity of character than in true species . Domestic races of the same species , also , often have a somewhat monstrous char- acter ; by which ...
... allied together , we generally perceive in each domestic race , as already remarked , less uniformity of character than in true species . Domestic races of the same species , also , often have a somewhat monstrous char- acter ; by which ...
Page 22
... allied natural species - for instance , of the many foxes - inhabiting different quarters of the world . I do not believe , as we shall presently see , that the whole amount of difference between the several breeds of the dog has been ...
... allied natural species - for instance , of the many foxes - inhabiting different quarters of the world . I do not believe , as we shall presently see , that the whole amount of difference between the several breeds of the dog has been ...
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... allied to the carrier , but , instead of a very long beak , has a very short and very broad one . The pouter has a much elongated body , wings , and legs ; and its enormously developed crop , which it glories in inflating , may well ...
... allied to the carrier , but , instead of a very long beak , has a very short and very broad one . The pouter has a much elongated body , wings , and legs ; and its enormously developed crop , which it glories in inflating , may well ...
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... allied species . Some little effect may , perhaps , be attributed to the direct action of the external conditions of life , and some little to habit ; but he would be a bold man who would account by such agencies for the differences of ...
... allied species . Some little effect may , perhaps , be attributed to the direct action of the external conditions of life , and some little to habit ; but he would be a bold man who would account by such agencies for the differences of ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America amount ancient animals appear become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence domestic 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 intermediate land larvæ laws less living look male mammals manner migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest offspring organic organisation perfect pigeons pistil plants pollen present principle probably produced progenitor ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rudimentary seeds sexual selection Silurian slight South America sterility structure struggle successive suppose swimbladder tend theory tion trees variability variation varieties vary whole widely