| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The Pickering masters |
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Pickering masters.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction to Volume Ten; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Essay of 1842; Part I; Section I : On variation under domestication, and on the principles of selection; Section II: On variation in a state of nature and on the natural means of selection; Section III : On variation in instincts and other mental attributes; Part II; Sections IV and V: On the evidence from Geology. (The reasons for combining the two sections are given in the Introduction); Section VI : Geographical distribution |
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Section VII : Affinities and classificationSection VIII : Unity of type in the great classes; Section IX: Abortive organs; Section X: Recapitulation and conclusion; The Essay of 1844; Part I; Chapter I On the variation of organic beings under domestication: and on the principles of selection; Chapter II On the variation of organic beings in a wild state; on the natural means of selection; and on the comparison of domestic races and true species ; Variation; Natural means of Selection; Differences between 'Races' and 'Species': first, in their trueness or variability |
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Difference between 'Races' and 'Species' in fertility when crossedCauses of Sterility in Hybrids; Infertility from causes distinct from hybridization; Points of Resemblance between 'Races' and 'Species'; External characters of Hybrids and Mongrels; Summary; Limits of Variation; Chapter III On the variation of instincts and other mental attributes under domestication and in state of nature; on the difficulties in this subject; and on analogous difficulties with respect to corporeal structures; Variation of mental attributes under domestication; Hereditary habits compared with instincts |
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Variation in the mental attributes of wild animalsPrinciples of Selection applicable to instincts; Difficulties in the acquirement of complex instincts by Selection; Difficulties in the acquirement by Selection of complex corporeal structures; Part II On the evidence favourable and opposed to the view that species are naturally formed races, descended from common stocks; Chapter IV On the number of intermediate forms required on the theory of common descent; and on their absence in a fossil state; Chapter V Gradual appearance and disappearance of species; Gradual appearance of species |
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Extinction of speciesChapter VI On the geographical distribution of organic beings in past and present times; Section I; Distribution of the inhabitants in the different continents; Relation of range in genera and species; Distribution of the inhabitants in the same continent; Insular Faunas; Alpine Floras; Cause of the similarity in the floras of some distant mountains; Whether the same species has been created more than once; On the number of species, and of the classes to which they belong in different regions; Section II; Geographical distribution of extinct organisms |
| Notes |
Originally published: Pickering & Chatto, 1992 |
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Changes in geographical distribution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 20, 2018) |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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| SUBJECT |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 fast |
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Natural selection.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Humification.
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Earthworms.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Natural selection
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Evolution (Biology)
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Earthworms
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Humification
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Darwin, Charles
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Darwin, Sir Francis
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Freeman, R. B
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Gautrey, Peter J
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| ISBN |
9781315477282 |
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1315477289 |
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9781315477299 |
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1315477297 |
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9781315477275 |
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1315477270 |
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9781315477268 |
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1315477262 |
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