RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. The short-faced & long faced Tumblers. CUL-DAR205.6.51. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. RN4
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 short-faced & long faced Tumblers have diverged from Tumbler,
[annotated sketch]
pully sins spit Sh-face Tumb long T Tumbler Dovecot
When we put horned Bull to Hornless cow & horned calf the cow [illeg] but the horns do not appear till nearly adult calf ½ grown. so with bigger horn, so make link, which do not appear till embryo of same size.— Potentially on germ.
Potential embryo of fish & Mammal at no time alike
Horns cd not appear in embryo, but limbs cd appear longer, supposing that we had means of measurement but there is no reason to suppose they do.
Dog
Cat
Hyen
Common parent of Carniv
Rumin
Pachyderm
Common parent of Pachyderm & Ruminant
Alteration in some way in embryo
Common Embryo
This is explanation of longer greater similarity of Embryo of Pig & Cow
[six family tree sketches for various pigeon breeds.]
Hyenas
Dog
Dog
Cat
Cyner
Ruminant
Pachyderm
Eocene Pachyderm Rumin
Generally as Selection is slow & much is required, the most diverse form will have branched off soonest
If only a small percentage of change say 1/1000th affected young within a week after development before arriving at a certain point of change.
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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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