The Life and Letters of George John RomanesLongmans Breen and C, 1896 - 776 pages "In writing my husband's life I have tried, so far as it was possible, to let him, especially in matters scientific, speak for himself. The letters relating to his work will, I hope, interest any one who cares for biological science"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... Natural Selection which occurred in the Tripos papers he could give no answer . By this time he had abandoned the idea of Holy Orders , perhaps on account of the opposition at home , perhaps because of the first beginnings of the ...
... Natural Selection which occurred in the Tripos papers he could give no answer . By this time he had abandoned the idea of Holy Orders , perhaps on account of the opposition at home , perhaps because of the first beginnings of the ...
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... natural selection is removed , the average size will tend to become progressively reduced by inter - crossing , and this down to whatever extent economy of growth remains operative in placing a premium on variations below the average at ...
... natural selection is removed , the average size will tend to become progressively reduced by inter - crossing , and this down to whatever extent economy of growth remains operative in placing a premium on variations below the average at ...
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... natural selection . In writing the manuscript note , so far as I remember , I had in view the possibility which Huxley somewhere advocates , that nature may sometimes make a considerable leap by selecting from single variations . But it ...
... natural selection . In writing the manuscript note , so far as I remember , I had in view the possibility which Huxley somewhere advocates , that nature may sometimes make a considerable leap by selecting from single variations . But it ...
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... naturally strike the ganglion . But I have not yet read Fabre's own account , so this view may not hold . Anyhow ... natural selection would have developed it in the way you suggest . I have now grown a number of seeds exposed to the ...
... naturally strike the ganglion . But I have not yet read Fabre's own account , so this view may not hold . Anyhow ... natural selection would have developed it in the way you suggest . I have now grown a number of seeds exposed to the ...
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... natural selection cannot be regarded as the sole guiding factor in the production of species , but that there must be some other cause at work in directing the course of evolution . The theory of natural selection rests on two classes ...
... natural selection cannot be regarded as the sole guiding factor in the production of species , but that there must be some other cause at work in directing the course of evolution . The theory of natural selection rests on two classes ...
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