Origin of Species, 6th Edition

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Author: Charles Darwin

Chapter XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology — Embryology — Rudimentary Organs.

Classification, groups subordinate to groups — Natural system — Rules and difficulties in classification, explained on the theory of descent with modification — Classification of varieties — Descent always used in classification — Analogical or adaptive characters — Affinities, general, complex and radiating — Extinction separates and defines groups — Morphology, between members of the same class, between parts of the same individual — Embryology, laws of, explained by variations not supervening at an early age, and being inherited at a corresponding age — Rudimentary organs; their origin explained — Summary.

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Chicago: Charles Darwin, "Chapter XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology — Embryology — Rudimentary Organs," Origin of Species, 6th Edition, ed. Bryant Conant, James and trans. Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866 in Origin of Species, 6th Edition Original Sources, accessed March 28, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=167NNNQ9SGGM4E4.

MLA: Darwin, Charles. "Chapter XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology — Embryology — Rudimentary Organs." Origin of Species, 6th Edition, edited by Bryant Conant, James, and translated by Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866, in Origin of Species, 6th Edition, Original Sources. 28 Mar. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=167NNNQ9SGGM4E4.

Harvard: Darwin, C, 'Chapter XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology — Embryology — Rudimentary Organs' in Origin of Species, 6th Edition, ed. and trans. . cited in , Origin of Species, 6th Edition. Original Sources, retrieved 28 March 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=167NNNQ9SGGM4E4.