The Darwin, Charles 1809-1882 creator text utu 2009 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)" by Charles Darwin is a scientific work published in 1868. This comprehensive study examines how animals and plants change through selective breeding and domestication. Darwin presents detailed observations from years of experiments and correspondence with breeders worldwide. The work also introduces his theory of heredity called pangenesis, attempting to explain how traits pass from parents to offspring. This massive undertaking represents over four years of intensive labor, laying groundwork for Darwin's later explorations of human evolution and emotional expression. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Variation_of_Animals_and_Plants_Under_Domestication Release date is 2009-05-20 E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Variation (Biology) Domestic animals Plants, Cultivated QH Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28897 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28897 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133647.0 28897