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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1
Charles Darwin
How much can a species be bent by breeding? In the first volume of his study of domestication, Darwin marshals case after case from pigeons, poultry, and cultivated plants to show variation's astonishing reach. Meticulous and example-rich, it lays the groundwork for his argument about heredity. Watch a master naturalist build his case animal by animal.
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30 chapters
- 1THE VARIATION OF
- 2PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER 1.I.
- 5CHAPTER 1.II.
- 6CHAPTER 1.III.
- 7CHAPTER 1.IV.
- 8CHAPTER 1.VI.
- 9CHAPTER 1.VII.
- 10CHAPTER 1.VIII.
- 11CHAPTER 1.IX.
- 12CHAPTER 1.XI.
- 13CHAPTER 1.XII.
- 14LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 15TABLE 1: PRINCIPAL ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS IN THIS (SECOND) EDITION.
- 16THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION.
- 17INTRODUCTION.
- 18CHAPTER 1.I.
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