Evolution and adaptation / by Thomas Hunter Morgan, Ph. D.
| Author/creator | Morgan, Thomas Hunt author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1903. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 470 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations, charts. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century |
| Subjects |
| Series | Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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.--Summary and general conclusions. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from New York Academy of Medicine. |
| General note | Presented to The New York Academy of Medicine by Dr. J. Wright. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |