The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Darwin, Charles

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ISBN 10: 1440051208 ISBN 13: 9781440051203

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2016

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Charles Darwin was a well-known English geologist and naturalist. He is best known for his scientific theories and contributions to evolutionary theory. Arguably his most important work was his essay entitled "On the Origin of Species" which essay argued that populations of species evolve through generations as a result of the process of natural selection. His two book series entitled The Variations of Animals and Plants Under Domestication offers profound insight into the beliefs and evidence that established the basis for Darwin's work on evolution and the study of biology.

The domestication of animals and the domestication of plants is thoroughly explored in this book, along with Darwin's theory of heredity which discusses the passing of traits from parents or ancestor onto offspring. This theory was termed, and may be more popularly known as, pangenesis. Darwin's work with heredity is known across the globe, as he established that all species have descended, over time, from common ancestors. This concept links back to his work on natural selection as each new branch of offspring evolves beyond the traits of the common ancestor.

The Variations of Animals and Plants Under Domestication is an intriguing book for anyone interested in Charles Darwin and his work on biology and evolution theory. For those interested in domestication and naturalism, this book is a must read, but it's also highly recommended for scholars of science and students of history as the book gives an exciting glimpse into a special period in time when evolutionary theories were the cutting-edge of scientific study.

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The object of this work is not to describe all the many races of animals
which have been domesticated by man, and of the plants which have been
cultivated by him; even if I possessed the requisite knowledge, so gigantic
an undertaking would be here superfluous. It is my intention to give under
the head of each species only such facts as I have been able to collect or
observe, showing the amount and nature of the changes which animals and
plants have undergone whilst under man's dominion, or which bear on the
general principles of variation. In one case alone, namely in that of the
domestic pigeon, I will describe fully all the chief races, their history,
the amount and nature of their differences, and the probable steps by which
they have been formed. I have selected this case, because, as we shall
hereafter see, the materials are better than in any other; and one case
fully described will in fact illustrate all others. But I shall also
describe domesticated rabbits, fowls, and ducks, with considerable fulness.

Table of Contents

CONTE NTS -; CHAPTER XIII; INHERITAXCE, continued-REVERSIO~ OR ATAVISlr; IHFFEREXT FOR)IS OF REVERSION-IX PURE OR U:KCROSSED BREEDS, AS; IN PIGEONS, FOWLS, HORNLESS CATTLE AND SRliEP, IN CULTIVATED; PLANTS-REVERSION IN FERAL ANIMALS AND PLANTS-REVBRSION; IN CROSSED VARIETIES AND SPECIES-REVERSION THRoun H BUDPROPAGATION,; AND BY SEGMENTS IN THE SAME FLOWER OR FRUIT; -IN DIFFEREXT PARTS OF THE BODY IN THE SAME AXDIALTHE; ACT OF CROSSING A DIRECT CAUSE OF REVERSION, VARIOUS; CASES OF, WITH I:KSTINCTS-OTHER PROXIMATE CAUSES OF REVERSION-; LATENT CHARACTERS-SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTEHS; -UNEQUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO SIDES OF THE BODYAPPEARA:; KCE WITH ADVANCING AGE OF CHARACTERS DERIVED; FRmr A CROSS-THE GER:II, WITH ALL ITS LATENT CHARACTERS,; A WONDERFUL OBJECT-MONSTROSI

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1440051208
• ISBN 13: 9781440051203
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 630