Nature, Volumen36Sir Norman Lockyer Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887 |
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... writers have misapprehended or objected to the term natural selection . Some have imagined that natural selection induces variability ; whereas it implies only the preservation of such varieties as occur , and are beneficial under the ...
... writers have misapprehended or objected to the term natural selection . Some have imagined that natural selection induces variability ; whereas it implies only the preservation of such varieties as occur , and are beneficial under the ...
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