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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

Author : Charles Darwin

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Page : 506 pages

File Size : 25,80 MB

Release : 1897

Category : Botany

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Charles Darwin (1809 1882) first published this work in 1868 in two volumes. The book began as an expansion of the first two chapters of On the Origin of Species: 'Variation under Domestication' and 'Variation under Nature', and it developed into one of his largest works; Darwin referred to it as his 'big book'. Volume 1 deals with the variations introduced into species as a result of domestication, through changes in climate, diet, breeding and an absence of predators. He began with an examination of dogs and cats, comparing them with their wild counterparts, and moved on to investigate horses and asses; pigs, cattle, sheep, and goats; domestic rabbits; domestic pigeons; fowl; and finally cultivated plants. The work is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century scientific investigation; it is a key text in the development of Darwin's own thought and of the wider discipline of evolutionary biology."



In the Light of Evolution

Author : National Academy of Sciences

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Page : 388 pages

File Size : 30,13 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Science

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The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.









The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Author : Charles Darwin

Publisher : Delphi Classics

Page : 1734 pages

File Size : 23,38 MB

Release : 2017-07-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1788776194

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