Darwinism : an exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications
Year: 1889
Type: book
Abstract: 1. What are the 'species' and what is meant by their 'origin' 2. The struggle for existence 3. The variability of species in a state of nature 4. Variation of domesticated animals and cultivated plants 5. Natural selection by variation and survival of the fittest 6. Difficulties and objections 7. On the infertility of crosses between distinct species and the usual sterility of their hybrid offspring 8. The origin and uses of colour in animals 9. Warning coloration and mimicry 10. Colours and ornaments characteristic of sex 11. The special colour of plants: their origin and purpose 12. The geographical distribution of organisms 13. The geological evidences of evolution 14. Fundamental problems in relation to variation and heredity 15. Darwinism applied to man.
Source: Macmillan eBooks
Author: Alfred Russel Wallace
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1530382883