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X PRIMARY FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION. 



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//. Phylogeny of the Horse "... 146 



/. The Phylogeny of Man 150 



3. The Law of the UnspeciaHzed 172 



Chapter III. Parallelism. , ^ 



Preliminary U2^ 



1. Parallelism in the Brachiopoda 176 



2. Parallelism in the Cephalopoda 182 



3. Parallelism in the Vertebrata 192 



4. Inexact Parallelism or Caenogeny 200 



5. Objections to the Doctrine of Parallelism 205 



Chapter IV. Catagenesis 211 



PART II. THE CAUSES OF VARIATION. 

 Preliminary 



Chapter V. Physiogenesis. 



Preliminary 227 



a. Relation of Size of MoUusca to Environment . . 229 



/'. The Conversion of Artemia into Branchinecta . 229 



c. Production of Colors in Lepidopterous Pupae . . 230 



d. Effect of Light on the Colors of Flatfishes . . 238 



e. Effect of Feeding on Color in Birds 238 



f. Blindness in Cave Animals 241 



Chapter VI. Kinetogenesis. 



Preliminary 246 



1. Kinetogenesis of Muscular Structure 249 



2. Kinetogenesis in Mollusca 255 



a. Origin of the Plaits in the Columella of the Gas- 



teropoda 255 



b. Mechanical Origin of Characters in the Lamelli- 



branchiata 261 



c. Mechanical Origin of the Impressed Zone in 



Cephalopoda 268 



3. Kinetogenesis in Vermes and Arthropoda 268 



4. Kinetogenesis in Vertebrata 275 



i. Kinetogenesis of Osseous Tissue 275 



a. Abnormal Articulations 275 



