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Author Forsdyke, Donald.

Title The origin of species, revisited : a Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory / Donald R. Forsdyke.

Publication Info. Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 275 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""PART ONE: SEARCH FOR A VICTORIAN""; ""1 Evolution of Languages and Species""; ""2 Variation, Heredity, Phenotypic and Reproductive Selection""; ""3 Darwin's Difficulties""; ""4 Hybrid Sterility""; ""5 Physiological Selection""; ""6 Failure of Meiotic Pairing""; ""7 Conjugation of the Chromosomes""; ""8 Why Sex?""; ""PART TWO: THE SPECIES-DEPENDENT COMPONENT OF BASE COMPOSITION""; ""9 Molecular Biology""; ""10 Primary and Secondary Levels of Information""; ""11 The Dominance of the Genome Phenotype""; ""12 Initiation of Speciation""
""13 Relationship to Physiological Selection""""PART THREE: THE DIVERGENCE AND CONVERGENCE OF SPECIES""; ""14 Selfish Genes and Selfish Groups""; ""15 Slow Fine-Tuning of Sequences""; ""16 Fine-Tuning of RNAs""; ""17 RNAs Driving on the Wrong Side""; ""18 Protein Concentration and Genetic Dominance""; ""19 Sex Chromosomes""; ""PART FOUR: THE DARWINIAN STRUGGLE FOR TRUTH""; ""20 The Philosopher""; ""21 Huxley and the Philosopher's Wife""; ""22 ""We Commend This State of Mind""""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""
""K""""l""; ""m""; ""n""; ""o""; ""p""; ""q""; ""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""x""; ""y""; ""z""
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Subject Romanes, George John, 1848-1894.
Romanes, George John, 1848-1894.
Romanes, George John, 1848-1894.
Evolution (Biology) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Evolution (Biology)
Great Britain.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Forsdyke, Donald. Origin of species, revisited. Kingston, Ont. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001 077352259X (DLC) 2003275763 (OCoLC)46629387
ISBN 9780773569621 (electronic book)
0773569626 (electronic book)
077352259X
9780773522596