RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1852. The accidental variations in a limb &c not seen in embryo. CUL-DAR205.6.46. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. 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-DAR205.6 contains notes on embryology [pigeons].
The brown crayon number '12' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Embryology.
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The accidental variations in a limb &c not seen in embryo, therefore we could make a class for an ornithorhynchus without affecting the organisation of its embryo: hence great law of similarity of embryos in same class.
[word excised] peculiarities appearing at same age, [(illeg)] would, as soon as young protected by old, account for very existence of embryonic structure: the embryo being parent unaltered form
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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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