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Evolution and adaptation,
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Evolution and adaptation,

Author: Thomas Hunt Morgan
Publisher: New York, Macmillan Co.; London, Macmillan & Co., 1903.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas Hunt Morgan
OCLC Number: 1157191
Description: xiii, 470 p. illus. 23 cm.
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.
Responsibility: by Thomas Hunter Morgan, Ph. D.

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