A New Theory of Organic EvolutionW. Blackwood and Sons, 1903 - 174 sider |
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... produce like . On the same principle , any difference in the potency of the General or of the Specific life - forces transmitted , or in the respective potencies of the two progenitors , will be attended by corresponding differences in ...
... produce like . On the same principle , any difference in the potency of the General or of the Specific life - forces transmitted , or in the respective potencies of the two progenitors , will be attended by corresponding differences in ...
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... produced a calf ; and such cases at thirteen months are not uncommon . The dam of eleven months had conceived when a calf only two months old , instead of at fifteen to eighteen months - the usual age of puberty among animals not highly ...
... produced a calf ; and such cases at thirteen months are not uncommon . The dam of eleven months had conceived when a calf only two months old , instead of at fifteen to eighteen months - the usual age of puberty among animals not highly ...
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... produce a hybrid , might it not be expected that the life - forces of the hy- brids , inferentially still more closely allied , would prove more fertile ? But uniform experience emphatically nega- tives the inference , even in the case ...
... produce a hybrid , might it not be expected that the life - forces of the hy- brids , inferentially still more closely allied , would prove more fertile ? But uniform experience emphatically nega- tives the inference , even in the case ...
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... produced ; but even after several generations a calf will occasionally appear with distinct characteristics of the discarded breed . Such cases of atavism seem to indicate a reluctance in Nature to lose a type , and also a tendency in ...
... produced ; but even after several generations a calf will occasionally appear with distinct characteristics of the discarded breed . Such cases of atavism seem to indicate a reluctance in Nature to lose a type , and also a tendency in ...
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... produce a permanent stock . We may thus understand why there are no mongrel descendants beyond the first or second generation of Eurasians in India , or of mulattoes in the United States . If mulattoes married whites , they might ulti ...
... produce a permanent stock . We may thus understand why there are no mongrel descendants beyond the first or second generation of Eurasians in India , or of mulattoes in the United States . If mulattoes married whites , they might ulti ...
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According to Darwin accumulation of beneficial ADAM BEDE antecessor appeared Author beneficial differences Blackwood breeder cattle cessive CHAPTER Cheap Edition Cheaper Church of Scotland CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH cloth colour common-sense conclusions conditions of existence Crown 8vo Darwin Darwinian Demy 8vo disuse domestic animals embryo ence evidence evolution evolved expression of type Fcap force French morocco genera George Eliot germ-cell germ-plasm gilt top growth habits History hybrids hypothesis J. G. Lockhart Jacquard loom JAMES JOHN Lectures less highly specialised limp LL.D loom mammal Maps modification natural selection numerous Illustrations OLIPHANT organisation organs Origin of Species paper cover People's Edition phenomena Philosophy Photogravure physique plant Poems Portrait Post 8vo Prof progeny rock-pigeon Romance royal 8vo Scottish Second Edition Second Impression secondary causes seed selective breeding Specific life-force specific variation struggle for existence successive types successor theory Third Edition tion University of Edinburgh vols whale wild species WILLIAM
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