Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Variation_of_Animals_and_Plants_Under_Domestication

Release date is 2001-10-01

This etext was prepared by Sue Asscher from the etext prepared by Robert J. Robbins, PhD of the ESP Project

"The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2" by Charles Darwin is a scientific work published in 1868. This comprehensive study presents detailed observations on domesticated animals and plants, documenting Darwin's extensive breeding experiments and correspondence with fellow naturalists. The work introduces Darwin's controversial theory of heredity called pangenesis, which he developed over many years. Born from material originally intended for a larger manuscript, this book represents over four years of intensive labor, combining practical experimentation with theoretical insight into how traits pass from parents to offspring. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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