RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1854.09. It seems at first surprising that one organ shd vary in one group. CUL-DAR205.5.145. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. 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-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts.
The brown crayon number '11' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Divergence.
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Sept /54/ It seems at first surprising that one organ shd vary in one group & be so constant in another (Westwood v. 2 p. 82) as antennæ in Terebrantia & Aculeata — but on my view it simply results from selection not modifying one part in one case, but in another
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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