{"product_id":"the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication-paperback-9781108014236","title":"The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108014236","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA key text in the development of Darwin's thought and an early defence of natural selection against theories of design.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Darwin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108014236, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.8 x 14 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCharles Darwin (1809–1882) first published this work in 1868 in two volumes. The book began as an expansion of the first two chapters of On the Origin of Species: 'Variation under Domestication' and 'Variation under Nature' and it developed into one of his largest works; Darwin referred to it as his 'big book'. In volume 2, concerned with how species inherit particular characteristics, Darwin first published his 'provisional hypothesis' of pangenesis. This theory of 'gemmules' was not met with much acceptance and today is not valuable as scientific explanation, but it was important in laying down the key questions that needed to be answered regarding the processes of genetic inheritance. Darwin also used volume 2 to challenge the theories of evolution by design, expounded by the botanist Asa Gray. Darwin's arguments were some of the very first in a long debate that remains hot today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e12. Inheritance\u003cbr\u003e 13. Inheritance continued: reversion or atavism\u003cbr\u003e 14. Inheritance continued: fixedness of character, prepotency, sexual limitation\u003cbr\u003e correspondence of age\u003cbr\u003e 15. On crossing\u003cbr\u003e 16. Causes which interfere with the free crossing of varieties, influence of domestication on fertility\u003cbr\u003e 17. On the good effects of crossing, and on the evil effects of close interbreeding\u003cbr\u003e 18. On the advantages and disadvantages of changed conditions of life: sterility form various causes\u003cbr\u003e 19. Summary of the four last chapters, with remarks on hybridism\u003cbr\u003e 20. Selection by man\u003cbr\u003e 21. Selection continued\u003cbr\u003e 22. Causes of variability\u003cbr\u003e 23. Direct and definite action of the external conditions of life\u003cbr\u003e 24. Laws of variation, use and disuse, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 25. Laws of variation continued, correlated variability\u003cbr\u003e 26. Laws of variation continued, summary\u003cbr\u003e 27. Provisional hypothesis of pangenesis\u003cbr\u003e 28. Concluding remarks\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978386268440,"sku":"9781108014236","price":40.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108014236i_c686b0b6-863e-4d71-b435-c7f324d0e573.jpg?v=1694869311","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication-paperback-9781108014236","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}