A Hundred Years of Evolution |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
The Background to Darwin the | 13 |
Darwin and The Origin of Species | 44 |
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accepted adaptation adaptive radiation animals and plants Bateson become belief in evolution biologists biology birds body chapter characters chromosomes co-ordination complete conception conclusions continuous course of evolution Darwin's theory Darwinian demes differentiated discussion dominant effect environment evidence evolutionary change evolved F1 hybrids fact factors favour forms fossils gametes genes genetics genotype give hereditary heredity heterozygotic Huxley hybrid ideas individuals inherited isolation kind knowledge large changes large number larger later life-history Lyell mammals means Mendel Mendelian micro-evolution modified morphological mutation natur-philosophie natural history natural populations natural selection naturalist nineteenth century observation occur organisms Origin of Species orthogenetic outlook Pangenesis parent philosophers phyla phylum possible present probably produced progress radiation reptiles scientific scientists seemed spread stages structure subspecies synapsids tall theory of evolution thought tion true truth of evolution uniformitarian variation vertebrate views whole zoologists zoology