RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Carpenter, Foraminifera. CUL-DAR45.97. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR45 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 4 'Variation under nature'.
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Dr Carpenter in Phil. Transact has shown what truly extraordinary amount of variation the Foraminifera are subject to.— Many species & even several genera, being specifically the same, as has been shown by gradations & diverse forms occurring in different parts of same individual. —
It is remarkable that the same vary very often occur exclusively or very frequently in certain localities
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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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