It is, no doubt, extremely difficult even to conjecture by what gradations many structures have been perfected, more especially amongst broken and failing groups of organic
beings, beings, 1861 1866 1869 1872 | beings; 1859 1860 |
which have suffered much extinction; but which have suffered much extinction; but 1861 1866 1869 1872 |
but 1859 1860 |
we see so many strange gradations in nature,
...OMIT 1860 1861 1866 1869 1872 |
as is proclaimed by the canon, "Natura non facit saltum," 1859 |
that we ought to be extremely cautious in saying that any organ or instinct, or
the the 1869 | any 1859 1860 1861 1866 1872 |
whole
structure, structure, 1869 1872 | being, 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
could not have arrived at its present state by many graduated steps. There are, it must be admitted, cases of special difficulty
opposed to opposed to 1869 1872 | on 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
the theory of natural selection; and one of the most curious of these is the existence
of of 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
in the same community of 1872 |
two or three defined castes of workers or sterile
female female 1869 1872 | females 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
ants in the same community; ants in the same community; 1869 |
in the same community of ants; 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
ants; 1872 |
but I have attempted to show how
these these 1861 1866 1869 1872 | this 1859 1860 |
difficulties difficulties 1861 1866 1869 1872 | difficulty 1859 1860 |
can be mastered. |
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With respect to the almost universal sterility of species when first crossed, which forms so remarkable a contrast with the almost universal fertility of varieties when crossed, I must refer the reader to the recapitulation of the facts given at the end of the
eighth eighth 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 | ninth 1872 |
chapter, which seem to me conclusively to show that this sterility is no more a special endowment than is the incapacity of two
distinct trees distinct trees 1866 1869 |
trees 1859 1860 1861 |
distinct kinds of trees 1872 |
to be grafted
together; together; 1860 1861 1866 1869 1872 | together, 1859 |
but that it is incidental on
....... 1866 1869 1872 | constitutional 1859 1860 1861 |
differences
confined to confined to 1866 1869 1872 | in 1859 1860 1861 |
the reproductive systems of the intercrossed species. We see the truth of this conclusion in the vast difference in the
results results 1869 1872 | result, 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
of crossing of crossing 1869 1872 | when 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
the same two species
reciprocally,— reciprocally,— 1869 1872 |
are crossed reciprocally; 1859 1860 1861 |
are crossed reciprocally,— 1866 |
that is, when one species is first used as the father and then as the
mother: mother: 1866 1869 | mother. 1859 1860 1861 1872 |
analogy analogy 1866 1869 | Analogy 1872 |
from the consideration of dimorphic and trimorphic plants clearly leads
to
the same conclusion, for when the forms are illegitimately united, they yield few or no seed, and their offspring are more or less sterile; and these forms
of of 1866 1869 | belong to 1872 |
the same undoubted
species species 1866 1869 | species, 1872 |
..
differ
in no respect from each other in no respect from each other 1866 1869 |
from each other in no respect 1872 |
except in their reproductive organs and functions. |
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Although the Although the 1861 1866 1869 1872 | The 1859 1860 |
fertility of varieties when intercrossed and
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