Causes of Variability. Effects of Habit. Correlation of Growth. Inheritance. Character of Domestic Varieties. Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and Species. Origin of Domestic Varieties from one or more Species. Domestic Pigeons, their Differences and Origin. Principle of Selection anciently followed, its Effects. Methodical and Unconscious Selection. Unknown Origin of our Domestic Productions. Circumstances favourable to Man’s power of Selection.
DETEAILED CONTENTS. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. · INTRODUCTION. · CHAPTER I. VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION.
From On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
