Evolution and Adaptation
by Morgan, Thomas Hunt
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Title:
Evolution and Adaptation
Contents:
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 --...