The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1898]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (57)
- The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
- VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I. DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS.
- DOMESTIC CATS.
- CHAPTER II. HORSES AND ASSES.
- THE ASS.
- CHAPTER III. PIGS—CATTLE—SHEEP—GOATS
- CATTLE.
- SHEEP.
- GOATS.
- CHAPTER IV. DOMESTIC RABBITS.
- CHAPTER V. DOMESTIC PIGEONS.
- GROUP I.
- GROUP II.
- GROUP III.
- GROUP IV.
- CHAPTER VI. PIGEONS—continued.
- CHAPTER VII. FOWLS.
- CHAPTER VIII. DUCK—GOOSE—PEACOCK—TURKEY—GUINEA-FOWL—CANARY-BIRD—GOLD-FISH—RIVER-BEES—SILK-MOTHS.
- THE GOOSE.
- THE PEACOCK.
- THE TURKEY.
- THE GUINEA FOWL.
- THE CANARY BIRD.
- GOLD-FISH.
- HIVE-BEES.
- SILK-MOTHS.
- CHAPTER IX. CULTIVATED PLANTS: CEREAL AND CULINARY PLANTS.
- CHAPTER X. PLANTS continued—FRUITS—ORNAMENTAL TREES—FLOWERS.
- USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL TREES.
- FLOWERS.
- CHAPTER XI. ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION.
- CHAPTER XII. INHERITANCE.
- CHAPTER XIII. INHERITANCE continued—REVERSION OF ATAVISM.
- CHAPTER XIV. INHERITANCE continued—FIXEDNESS OF CHARACTER—PREPOTENCY—SEXUAL LIMITATION—CORRESPONDENCE OF AGE.
- CHAPTER XV. ON CROSSING.
- CHAPTER XVI. CAUSES WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE FREE CROSSING OF VARIETIES—INFLUENCE OF DOMESTICATION ON FERTILITY.
- CHAPTER XVII. ON THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CROSSING, AND ON THE EVIL EFFECTS OF CLOSE INTERBREEDING.
- CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE: STERILITY FROM VARIOUS CAUSES.
- CHAPTER XIX. SUMMARY OF THE FOUR LAST CHAPTERS, WITH REMARKS ON HYBRIDISM.
- CHAPTER XX. SELECTION BY MAN.
- CHAPTER XXI. SELECTION, continued.
- CHAPTER XXII. CAUSES OF VARIABILITY.
- CHAPTER XXIII. DIRECT AND DEFINITE ACTION OF THE EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. LAWS OF VARIATION—USE AND DISUSE, ETC.
- CHAPTER XXV. LAWS OF VARIATION, continued.—CORRELATED VARIABILITY.
- CHAPTER XXVI. LAWS OF VARIATION, continued.—SUMMARY.
- CHAPTER XXVII. PROVISIONAL HYPOTHESIS OF PANGENESIS.
- PART I.
- PART II.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
- INDEX
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