Chapter I: Variation under Domestication
Detailed treatment of pigeon breeding establishing the power of selection.
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From On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Darwin opens with artificial selection in domesticated species, especially pigeons, as evidence that selection can mold living forms; he then extends this to wild populations.
Chapter II: Variation under Nature
Extends observed variability from domestic stocks to wild species.
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