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On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects: And on the Good Effect of Intercrossing (Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences)
On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects And on the Good Effect of Intercrossing - Cambridge Library Collection - Life Sciences
Author: Charles Darwin
In this investigation of orchids, first published in 1862, Darwin expands on a point made in On the Origin of Species that he felt required further explanation, namely that he believes it to be 'a universal law of nature that organic beings require an occasional cross with another individual'. Darwin explains the method by which orchids are fert...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781108027151
ISBN-10: 1108027156
Publication Date: 5/19/2011
Pages: 380
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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