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... perfect gradation of the forms in certain groups , and by the anal- ogy of domestic productions . With respect to the means of modification , he attributed something to the action of 6763 external conditions , something to the crossing ...
... perfect gradation of the forms in certain groups , and by the anal- ogy of domestic productions . With respect to the means of modification , he attributed something to the action of 6763 external conditions , something to the crossing ...
Page 6
... perfect - The law of Unity of Type and of the Conditions of Existence embraced by the theory of Natural Selection , 154 • CHAPTER VII . INSTINCT . instincts comparable with habits , but different in their origin - Instincts graduated ...
... perfect - The law of Unity of Type and of the Conditions of Existence embraced by the theory of Natural Selection , 154 • CHAPTER VII . INSTINCT . instincts comparable with habits , but different in their origin - Instincts graduated ...
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... perfect reversion had ensued . It would be quite necessary , in order to prevent the effects of intercrossing , that only a single variety should be turned loose in its new home . Nevertheless , as our varieties certainly do ...
... perfect reversion had ensued . It would be quite necessary , in order to prevent the effects of intercrossing , that only a single variety should be turned loose in its new home . Nevertheless , as our varieties certainly do ...
Page 21
... perfect fertility of varieties when crossed , -a subject hereafter to be dis cussed ) , domestic races of the same species differ from each other in the same manner as , only in most cases in a esser degree than , do closely - allied ...
... perfect fertility of varieties when crossed , -a subject hereafter to be dis cussed ) , domestic races of the same species differ from each other in the same manner as , only in most cases in a esser degree than , do closely - allied ...
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... perfect plu- mage is acquired varies , as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched . The shape and size of the eggs vary . The manner of flight differs remarkably ; as does in some breeds the ...
... perfect plu- mage is acquired varies , as does the state of the down with which the nestling birds are clothed when hatched . The shape and size of the eggs vary . The manner of flight differs remarkably ; as does in some breeds the ...
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