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THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
VOL. II
BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION
OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVORED
RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
BY CHARLES DARWIN M. A., LL. D., F. R. S.
WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
FROM SIXTH AND LAST ENGLISH EDITION
IN TWO VOLUMES
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1898
General Library System University of Wisconsin-Madison 728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706-1494 U.S.A.
Distinction between the sterility of first crosses and of hybrids-
Sterility various in degree, not universal, affected by close in-
terbreeding, removed by domestication-Laws governing the
sterility of hybrids-Sterility not a special endowment, but
incidental on other differences, not accumulated by natural
selection-Causes of the sterility of first crosses and of hybrids
-Parallelism between the effects of changed conditions of life
and of crossing-Dimorphism and trimorphism-Fertility of
varieties when crossed and of their mongrel offspring not uni-
versal-Hybrids and mongrels compared independently of their
fertility-Summary
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CHAPTER X.
ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD.
On the absence of intermediate varieties at the present day-On
the nature of extinct intermediate varieties; on their number-
On the lapse of time, as inferred from the rate of denudation
and of deposition—On the lapse of time as estimated by years
-On the poorness of our palæontological collections—On the
intermittence of geological formations—On the denudation of
granitic areas-On the absence of intermediate varieties in any
one formation-On the sudden appearance of groups of species
-On their sudden appearance in the lowest known fossiliferous
strata-Antiquity of the habitable earth
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