{"product_id":"2940014745796","title":"CHARLES DARWIN THE COMPLETE MAJOR WORKS (The Authoritative and Unabridged NOOK Edition) Every Major Work Written by CHARLES DARWIN including THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, THE DESCENT OF MAN, THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE and MORE (Over 10,000 Pages!) NOOK","description":"CHARLES DARWIN \u003cbr\u003eTHE COMPLETE MAJOR WORKS \u003cbr\u003e(The Authoritative and Unabridged NOOK Edition) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery Major Work Written by CHARLES DARWIN \u003cbr\u003eIncluding THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, THE DESCENT OF MAN, THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE and MORE \u003cbr\u003e(Over 10,000 Pages!) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOOKBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As all the species of the same genus are supposed, on my theory, to have descended from a common parent, it might be expected that they would occasionally vary in an analogous manner; so that a variety of one species would resemble in some of its characters another species; this other species being on my view only a well-marked and permanent variety. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut characters thus gained would probably be of an unimportant nature, for the presence of all important characters will be governed by natural selection, in accordance with the diverse habits of the species, and will not be left to the mutual action of the conditions of life and of a similar inherited constitution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt might further be expected that the species of the same genus would occasionally exhibit reversions to lost ancestral characters. As, however, we never know the exact character of the common ancestor of a group, we could not distinguish these two cases: if, for instance, we did not know that the rock-pigeon was not feather-footed or turn-crowned, we could not have told, whether these characters in our domestic breeds were reversions or only analogous variations; but we might have inferred that the blueness was a case of reversion, from the number of the markings, which are correlated with the blue tint, and which it does not appear probable would all appear together from simple variation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore especially we might have inferred this, from the blue colour and marks so often appearing when distinct breeds of diverse colours are crossed. Hence, though under nature it must generally be left doubtful, what cases are reversions to an anciently existing character, and what are new but analogous variations, yet we ought, on my theory, sometimes to find the varying offspring of a species assuming characters (either from reversion or from analogous variation) which already occur in some other members of the same group. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd this undoubtedly is the case in nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA NATURALIST'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003eTHE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS\u003cbr\u003eTHE DESCENT OF MAN\u003cbr\u003eTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN\u003cbr\u003eTHE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON PLANTS OF THE SAME SPECIES\u003cbr\u003eTHE EFFECTS OF CROSS \u0026amp; SELF-FERTILISATION IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.\u003cbr\u003eTHE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOUNDATIONS OF THE  ORIGIN OF SPECIES\u003cbr\u003eGEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH AMERICA\u003cbr\u003eINSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN VOLUME I\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN VOLUME II\u003cbr\u003eMORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN  VOLUME I.\u003cbr\u003eMORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN, VOLUME II\u003cbr\u003eNOTE ON THE RESEMBLANCES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE STRUCTURE  AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN IN MAN AND APES\u003cbr\u003eTHE POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS.\u003cbr\u003eTHE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR HABITS.\u003cbr\u003eTHE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS\u003cbr\u003eTHE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION.   VOL. II.\u003cbr\u003eVOLCANIC ISLANDS\u003cbr\u003eA NATURALIST'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003eTHE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE\u003cbr\u003eON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.\u003cbr\u003eTHE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (FINAL EDITION)","brand":"The Complete Works Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080428077296,"sku":"2940014745796","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014745796_p0.jpg?v=1763614600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014745796","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}