RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Note on extremities of the Lepidosiren]. CUL-DAR205.1.25. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.1 contains notes on rudimentary organs.
Owen calls the simple undivided extremities of the Lepidosiren, "embryonic" organs: can abortive organs be really so - This term shd be applied, only when we see some other use, not for organ, not used— as in abortive wing.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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