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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... genera― Many of the species of the larger genera resemble varieties in being very closely , but unequally , related to each other , and in having restricted ranges 45-62 .. CHAPTER III . STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE . -- Its bearing a 3.
... genera― Many of the species of the larger genera resemble varieties in being very closely , but unequally , related to each other , and in having restricted ranges 45-62 .. CHAPTER III . STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE . -- Its bearing a 3.
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... closely allied species , 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 character ; by ...
... closely allied species , 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 character ; by ...
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... closely 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 be- tween the several breeds of the dog ...
... closely 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 be- tween the several breeds of the dog ...
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... closely resemble , perhaps are identical with , those still existing . Even if this latter fact were found more strictly and generally true than seems to me to be the case , what does it show , but that some of our breeds originated ...
... closely resemble , perhaps are identical with , those still existing . Even if this latter fact were found more strictly and generally true than seems to me to be the case , what does it show , but that some of our breeds originated ...
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... closely related together , though it is unsupported by a single experiment . But to extend the hypothesis so far as to suppose that species , aboriginally as distinct as carriers , tumblers , pouters , and fantails now are , should ...
... closely related together , though it is unsupported by a single experiment . But to extend the hypothesis so far as to suppose that species , aboriginally as distinct as carriers , tumblers , pouters , and fantails now are , should ...
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