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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

Charles Darwin · 2nd edition (first published 1868)

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The Origin opens with domestic breeding as the model for natural selection; this two-volume work supplies the evidence in full. It is where Darwin set out pangenesis, his hypothesis of inheritance, later abandoned. It is the clearest place to examine the step from what breeders can do to what nature is said to have done.

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Charles Darwin
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1875
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  1. s01Chapter VI.—Pigeons—Continued.. On The Aboriginal Parent-Stock Of The Several Domestic Races—Habits Ofabout 2,668 words
  2. s02Preface To The Second Edition · Introductionabout 5,546 words
  3. s03Chapter I. Domestic Dogs And Catsabout 15,530 words
  4. s04Chapter II. Horses And Assesabout 7,256 words
  5. s05Chapter III. Pigs—Cattle—Sheep—Goatsabout 15,419 words
  6. s06Chapter IV. Domestic Rabbitsabout 12,032 words
  7. s07Chapter V. Domestic Pigeonsabout 19,418 words
  8. s08CHAPTER VI. PIGEONS—continued.about 19,881 words
  9. s09Chapter VII. Fowls (part 1 of 2)about 11,047 words
  10. s10Chapter VII. Fowls (part 2 of 2)about 11,107 words
  11. s11Chapter VIII. Duck—Goose—Peacock—Turkey—Guinea-Fowl—Canary-Bird—Gold-Fish—River-Bees—about 12,789 words
  12. s12Chapter IX. Cultivated Plants: Cereal And Culinary Plantsabout 13,379 words
  13. s13Chapter X. Plants Continued—Fruits—Ornamental Trees—Flowers (part 1 of 2)about 10,952 words
  14. s14Chapter X. Plants Continued—Fruits—Ornamental Trees—Flowers (part 2 of 2)about 10,960 words
  15. s15Chapter XI. On Bud-Variation, And On Certain Anomalous Modes Of (part 1 of 2)about 10,991 words
  16. s16Chapter XI. On Bud-Variation, And On Certain Anomalous Modes Of (part 2 of 2)about 11,258 words
  17. s17Chapter XII. Inheritanceabout 12,298 words
  18. s18Chapter XIII. Inheritance Continued—Reversion Of Atavismabout 14,571 words
  19. s19Chapter XIV. Inheritance Continued—Fixedness Ofabout 10,410 words
  20. s20Chapter XV. On Crossingabout 6,232 words
  21. s21Chapter XVI. Causes Which Interfere With The Free Crossing Ofabout 6,370 words
  22. s22Chapter XVII. On The Good Effects Of Crossing, And On The Evil Effectsabout 16,140 words
  23. s23Chapter XVIII. On The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Changedabout 14,423 words
  24. s24Chapter XIX. Summary Of The Four Last Chapters, With Remarks Onabout 6,912 words
  25. s25Chapter XX. Selection By Manabout 12,482 words
  26. s26CHAPTER XXI. SELECTION, continued.about 10,503 words
  27. s27Chapter XXII. Causes Of Variabilityabout 9,367 words
  28. s28Chapter XXIII. Direct And Definite Action Of The External Conditions Ofabout 10,086 words
  29. s29Chapter XXIV. Laws Of Variation—Use And Disuse, Etcabout 11,881 words
  30. s30Chapter XXV. Laws Of Variation, Continued.—Correlated Variabilityabout 8,094 words
  31. s31Chapter XXVI. Laws Of Variation, Continued.—Summaryabout 6,730 words
  32. s32Chapter XXVII. Provisional Hypothesis Of Pangenesis · Part Iabout 6,813 words
  33. s33PART II. I have now enumerated the chief facts which every one would desire toabout 12,750 words
  34. s34Chapter XXVIII. Concluding Remarksabout 10,684 words

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