Evolution and Animal Life; An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes, Laws and Theories Relating to the Life and Evolution of Animals

Jordan, Star David and Vernon Lyman Kellogg

Verlag: D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1907

Beschreibung

Signed by both authors on title page. ; b/w illustrations and diagrams throughout, plus 3 coloured full- page plates illustrating influence of evolution on birds. Contents:- Chapter 1. Evolution defined. Chapter 2. Variety and unity in life. Chapter 3. Life, its physical bases and simplest expression. Chapter 4. Factors and mechanism and evolution. Chapter 5. Natural selection and struggle for existence: sexual selection. Chapter 6. Artificial selection. Chapter 7. Various theories of Species forming and descent control. Chapter 8. Geographic isolation and species forming. Chapter 9. Variation and mutation. Chapter 10. Heredity. Chapter 11. Inheritance of acquired characters. Chapter 12. Generation, sex, and ontogeny . and more. ; 8 X 5.50 X 1.32 inches; 489 pages.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Evolution and Animal Life; An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes, Laws and Theories Relating to the Life and Evolution of Animals
• Verlag: D. Appleton & Company, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1907
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition.
• Zustand: Very Good
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers
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