Evolution and adaptation

By

Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1903

Notes

Contents: The problem of adaptation.--The theory of evolution.--Darwin's theories of artificial and of natural selection.--Darwin's theory of sexual selection.--The inheritance of acquired characters.--Continuous and discontinuous variation and heredity.--Evolution as the result of external and internal factors.--The origin of the different kinds of adaptations.--Tropisms and instincts as adaptations.--Sex as an adaptation.--Summary and general conclusions.

Subjects

Adaptation (Biology) , Adaptation, Biological , Evolution , Evolution (Biology)

Call Number

QH366 .M84

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.57056
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/03027216
OCLC: 1157191
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51470904
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51470907