Leonard Darwin

Organic Evolution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1921, this book by Major Leonard Darwin (1850â 1943), a son of Charles Darwin, presents a personal perspective on evolution, produced in the hope of inducing 'some competent biologist to write a book suitable for the general reader in which recent changes of opinion in regard to organic evolution are clearly discussed and wisely criticised'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 210g
• ISBN-13: 9781316633465
• ISBN-10: 1316633462
• Artikelnr.: 47710955

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. The selection of infrequent mutations and the inheritance of
acquired characters could not alone account for evolution; 2. To admit the
selection of small and frequent mutations amongst the explanations of
evolution demands the solution of several unsolved problems; 3. The
existence of a system of mutations due to imperfect segregation is
suggested as one of the possible explanations; 4. The problems to be solved
include the appearance of new forms and the bifurcation of species; 5.
Infertility between species and facts connected with pure lines have also
to be explained; 6. In experiments designed to test this hypothesis natural
conditions should be imitated as far as possible.