| Author |
Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 |
| Title |
Evolution and Adaptation
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| Contents |
The problem of adaptation -- The theory of evolution -- Darwin's theories of artificial and of natural selection -- Darwin's theory of sexual selection -- The inheritance of acquired characters -- Continuous and discontinuous variation and heredity -- Evolution as the result of external and internal factors -- The origin of the different kinds of adaptations -- Tropisms and instincts as adaptations -- Sex as an adaptation -- Summary and general conclusions.
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| Credits |
E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
QH: Science: Natural history
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| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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| Subject |
Adaptation (Biology)
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
63540 |
| Release Date |
Oct 24, 2020 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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