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" This, however, is a rare case ; and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primordially, to enable the mature forms to pass from pond to pond, thus securing fresh habitats and perhaps avoiding in-and-in breeding. If so, the development... "
Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura - Page 54
by Sir John Lubbock - 1873 - 276 pages
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Nature, Volume 8

Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1873 - 742 pages
...in 1862, and which uses its wings to swim with. This, however, is a rare case ; and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primordially,...from pond to pond, thus securing fresh habitats and avoiding in-andin breeding. If so, the development of wings would tend to be relegated to a late period...
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Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura

Sir John Lubbock - Collembola - 1873 - 436 pages
...under water is proved by the very interesting case of Polynema natans, which I discovered in 18G2, i and which uses its wings to swim with. This, however,...corresponding ages, to which Mr. Darwin has called attention, 2 the development of wings would be associated with the maturity of the insect. Thus the...
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The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, Volume 11

Linnean Society of London - Zoology - 1873 - 906 pages
...in 1862, and which uses its wings to swim with. This, however, is a rare case ; and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primordially,...and by the tendency to the inheritance of characters at corresponding ages, to which Mr. Darwin has called attention*, the development of wings would be...
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The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, Volume 11

Linnean Society of London - Zoology - 1873 - 906 pages
...in 1862, and which uses its wings to swim with. This, however, is a rare case ; and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primordially,...and by the tendency to the inheritance of characters at corresponding ages, to which Mr. Darwin has called attention*, the development of wings would be...
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Nature, Volume 8

Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1873 - 584 pages
...however, is a rare case ; and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primor- • dially, to enable the mature forms to pass from pond to pond, thus securing fresh habitats and avoiding in-andin breeding. If so, the development of wings would tend to be relegated to a late period...
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On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects

Sir John Lubbock - Entomology - 1874 - 132 pages
...Polynema natans, 1 which uses its wings for swimming. This, however, is a rare case, and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primordially,...from pond to pond, thus securing fresh habitats and avoiding in-and-in breeding. If this were so, the development of wings would gradually have been relegated...
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On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects

Sir John Lubbock - Entomology - 1874 - 128 pages
...Linncan Transactions, 1862. breeding. If this were so, the development of wings would gradually have been relegated to a late period of life ; and by the tendency to the inheritance of characters at corresponding ages, which Mr. Darwin has pointed out,1 the development of wings would have thus...
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Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft, Volume 10

Medicine - 1876 - 624 pages
...an Oberfläche zunahmen. Lubbock ' ) bemerkt hier ganz treffend, die Flügel seien wohl entstanden „to enable the mature forms to pass from pond to pond, thus securing fresh habitats and avoiding in - and - in - breeding." Daher könnten sie zuerst nur am geschlechtsreifen Thiere aufgetreten...
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The Northern Microscopist and Microscopical News, Volume 2

1882 - 400 pages
...would occur only when fresh breeding grounds were required, and their development would, therefore, be "relegated to a late period of life; and by the tendency to the inheritance of characters at corresponding ages, which Mr. Darwin has pointed out, the development of wings would thus become...
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The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology, Volume 11

Linnean Society of London - Zoology - 1873 - 616 pages
...in 1862, and which uses its wings to swim with. This, however, is a rare case j and it is possible that the principal use of the wings was, primordially,...and by the tendency to the inheritance of characters at corresponding ages, to which Mr. Darwin has called attention*, the development of wings would be...
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