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Title: Studies in the Theory of Descent, Volume II

Author: August Weismann

Author of introduction, etc.: Charles Darwin

Translator: Raphael Meldola

Release date: January 2, 2015 [eBook #47848]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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STUDIES IN THE THEORY
OF DESCENT

BY
DR. AUGUST WEISMANN
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG

WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR

TRANSLATED AND EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY
RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.C.S.
LATE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

WITH A PREFATORY NOTICE BY
CHARLES DARWIN, LL.D., F.R.S.
Author of “The Origin of Species,” &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.

WITH EIGHT COLOURED PLATES