RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1845.11. Bentham's remark that abortive Parts are variable. CUL-DAR205.1.44. Edited by John van Wyhe (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.
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[in margin:] Abortion
Nov. /45/ Bentham's remark that abortive Parts are variable in species & Waterhouse statement that in groups, where as in Edentata, teeth are abortive they vary in the genera, is opposed to Brown's view that they are eminently serviceable in classification
How is this in parts rudimentary & seen only in growth.
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