RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Laws of Variation. CUL-DAR47.58. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR47 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'.
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Laws of Var
Declare this term spontaneous var, though very useful & used by some is false and against evidence — See remarks on effects of competition in plants as drawing nutrient & water and my discussion on growth of plants — Permutation & annihilations of character form in former & recent generations the condition
Why a change of conditions shd cause, we know no more than why visits of insect causes a gall.
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