On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection, Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for LifeAppleton, 1883 - Всего страниц: 458 |
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... beak , and tongue , so admirably adapted to catch insects under the bark of trees . In the case of the mistletoe , which draws its nourishment from certain trees , which has seeds that must be transported by certain birds , and which ...
... beak , and tongue , so admirably adapted to catch insects under the bark of trees . In the case of the mistletoe , which draws its nourishment from certain trees , which has seeds that must be transported by certain birds , and which ...
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... beaks have small feet , and those with long beaks large feet . Hence if man goes on selecting , and thus augmenting , any peculiarity , he will almost certainly modify unintentionally other parts of the structure , owing to the ...
... beaks have small feet , and those with long beaks large feet . Hence if man goes on selecting , and thus augmenting , any peculiarity , he will almost certainly modify unintentionally other parts of the structure , owing to the ...
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... beaks , entailing corresponding differences in their skulls . The carrier , more especially the male bird , is also remarkable from the wonderful development of the carunculated skin about the head ; and this is accompanied by greatly ...
... beaks , entailing corresponding differences in their skulls . The carrier , more especially the male bird , is also remarkable from the wonderful development of the carunculated skin about the head ; and this is accompanied by greatly ...
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... beak and large fect ; some of the sub - breeds of runts have very long necks , others very long wings and tails , others singularly short tails . The barb is allied to the carrier , but , instead of a long beak , has a very short and ...
... beak and large fect ; some of the sub - breeds of runts have very long necks , others very long wings and tails , others singularly short tails . The barb is allied to the carrier , but , instead of a long beak , has a very short and ...
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... beak like that of the English carrier , or that of the short - faced tumbler , or barb ; for reversed feathers like those of the Jacobin ; for a crop like that of the pouter ; for tail- feathers like those of the fantail . Hence it must ...
... beak like that of the English carrier , or that of the short - faced tumbler , or barb ; for reversed feathers like those of the Jacobin ; for a crop like that of the pouter ; for tail- feathers like those of the fantail . Hence it must ...
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adapted admit affinities allied species America analogous ancient appear Asa Gray beak become bees believe belonging birds breeds cause cells characters climate closely allied colour continued crossed crustaceans degree developed difficulty distinct species doubt effects eggs embryo existing extinct extremely facts favourable fertilised fertility flowers formations forms fossil Fritz Müller genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hybrids important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate kind lamellæ larvæ 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 slight South America stamens sterility structure struggle successive supposed theory tion variability variations varieties vary whilst whole wings young
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Стр. 65 - It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life.
Стр. 104 - The green and budding twigs may represent existing species, and those produced during former years may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all the growing twigs have tried to branch out on all sides, and to overtop and kill the surrounding twigs and branches, in the same manner as species and groups of species have at all times overmastered other species in the great battle for life.
Стр. 57 - Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees believes that 'more than two-thirds of them are thus destroyed all over England'.
Стр. 23 - ... that which enables the agriculturist not only to modify the character of his flock, but to change it altogether. It is the magician's wand, by means of which he may summon into life whatever form and mould he pleases.
Стр. 146 - If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.
Стр. 50 - But a plant on the edge of a desert is said to struggle for life against the drought, though more properly it should be said to be dependent on the moisture.
Стр. 429 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with reproduction; Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...
Стр. 104 - The limbs divided into great branches, and these into lesser and lesser branches, were themselves once, when the tree was young, budding twigs; and this connection of the former and present buds, by ramifying branches, may well represent the classification of all extinct and living species in groups subordinate to groups.
Стр. 425 - Nevertheless all living things have much in common, in their chemical composition, their cellular structure, their laws of growth, and their liability to injurious influences.
Стр. 2 - ... species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species. Nevertheless, such a conclusion, even if well founded, would be unsatisfactory, until it could be shown how the innumerable species inhabiting this world have been modified so as to acquire that perfection of structure and co-adaptation which justly excites our admiration.