RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie, 1851, vol. 16. CUL-DAR205.1.55. Edited by John van Wyhe (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. RN2
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.
The brown crayon number '10' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Rudimentary & abortive organs.
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He speaks of atrophy, where a part appears at some stage of development, but then disappears, — of abortion, when it never appears — but I must think these differences pass into each other — get good distinctions.
Milne Edwards Ann. des sci. nat. Tom 16. 1851
Milne-Edwards, Henri. 1851. Observations sur le squelette tégumentaire des Crustacés décapodes et sur la morphologie de ces animaux. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie 3d ser. 16: 221-291.
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