Evolution and adaptation

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Evolution and adaptation
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1903
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Evolution and adaptation

Author: Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945

Year: 1903

The problem of adaptation.--The theory of evolution.--Darwin's theories of artificial and of natural selection.--Darwin's theory of sexual selection.--The inheritance of acquired characters.--Continuous and discontinuous variation and heredity.--Evolution as the result of external and internal factors.--The origin of the different kinds of adaptations.--Tropisms and instincts as adaptations.--Sex as an adaptation.--Summary and general conclusions

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