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100 1 _aHuxley, Thomas Henry,
_d1825-1895
245 1 4 _aThe Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation :
_bLecture IV. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Species"
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2001
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2001-11-01
508 _aProduced by Amy E. Zelmer, and David Widger
520 _a"The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book explores the complex phenomena of reproduction, heredity, and variation in living organisms, delving into both asexual and sexual modes of perpetuation. It aims to understand how living beings pass on their traits and how variations arise within species. In this work, Huxley discusses the two primary modes of reproduction: asexual, where organisms reproduce without the involvement of specialized sexes, and sexual, which involves the combination of male and female gametes. He illustrates how offspring generally inherit traits from their parents, a phenomenon he refers to as "atavism," while also emphasizing the role of variation and the influence of external conditions on genetic change. Through various examples, including the breeding of domestic animals and specific cases of spontaneous variation, Huxley demonstrates how both heredity and environmental factors contribute to the diversity of forms in the natural world, thereby laying foundational ideas for understanding evolution and the continuity of life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEvolution (Biology)
653 _aDarwin, Charles, 1809-1882. On the origin of species
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2924
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