The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,: Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... According to Isid . Geoffroy there is no doubt that Goethe was an extreme partisan of similar views , as shown in the Introduction to a work written in 1794 and 1795 , but not published till long afterwards : he has pointedly remarked ...
... According to Isid . Geoffroy there is no doubt that Goethe was an extreme partisan of similar views , as shown in the Introduction to a work written in 1794 and 1795 , but not published till long afterwards : he has pointedly remarked ...
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... according to their state of body or constitution , causing coughs or colds , rheu- matism , or inflammation of various organs . With respect to what I have called the indirect action of changed conditions , namely , through the ...
... according to their state of body or constitution , causing coughs or colds , rheu- matism , or inflammation of various organs . With respect to what I have called the indirect action of changed conditions , namely , through the ...
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... according to the state of civilisation of the inhabitants , -slowly to add to the characteristic features of the breed , whatever they may be . But the chance will be infinitely . small of any record having been preserved of such slow ...
... according to the state of civilisation of the inhabitants , -slowly to add to the characteristic features of the breed , whatever they may be . But the chance will be infinitely . small of any record having been preserved of such slow ...
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... according to age or development , sometimes without any assign- able reason . Such characters are not of course of specific value , but they are , as Asa Gray has remarked in commenting on this memoir , such as generally enter into ...
... according to age or development , sometimes without any assign- able reason . Such characters are not of course of specific value , but they are , as Asa Gray has remarked in commenting on this memoir , such as generally enter into ...
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... according to definite laws ; but how simple is the problem where each shall fall compared to that of the action and reaction of the innumerable plants and animals which have determined , in the course of centuries , the proportional ...
... according to definite laws ; but how simple is the problem where each shall fall compared to that of the action and reaction of the innumerable plants and animals which have determined , in the course of centuries , the proportional ...
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accumulated adapted admit affinities allied species America analogous ancient appear beak become bees believe belonging birds breeds cause cells characters climate closely allied colour continued crossed crustaceans degree developed difficulty distinct species domestic animals doubt effects eggs embryo existing extinct extremely facts favourable female fertilised fertility flowers formation formerly forms fossil Fritz Müller genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number habits Hence hybrids important increase individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate kind lamellę larvę less living male mammals manner Marsupials migration modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest occasionally occur oceanic islands offspring organisation organs parent peculiar perfect pigeon pistil pollen present preserved principle probably produced quadrupeds ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemblance rudimentary seeds sexual selection Silurian slight South America stamens sterility structure successive supposed tend theory tion variability variations varieties vary whilst whole wings young