CHAPTER I. Introductory: The Darwinism of Darwin and of the Post-Darwinian Schools1 CHAPTER II. Characters as Hereditary and Acquired (Preliminary)39 CHAPTER III. Characters as Hereditary and Acquired (Continued) A. Indirect evidence in favour of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters60 B. Inherited effects of Use and of Disuse95 CHAPTER IV. Characters as Hereditary and Acquired (Continued) C. Experimental evidence in favour of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters103 CHAPTER V. Characters as Hereditary and Acquired (Continued) A. and B. Direct and Indirect Evidence in favour of the Non-inheritance of Acquired Characters133 C. Experimental Evidence as to the Non-inheritance of Acquired Characters142 CHAPTER VI. Characters as Hereditary and Acquired (Conclusion)150 CHAPTER VII. Characters as Adaptive and Specific159 CHAPTER VIII. Characters as Adaptive and Specific (Continued) I. Climate200 II. Food217 III. Sexual Selection219 IV. Isolation223 V. Laws of Growth226 CHAPTER IX. Characters as Adaptive and Specific (Continued)228 CHAPTER X. Characters as Adaptive and Specific (Concluded)251 Summary274 Appendix I. On Panmixia291 Appendix II. On Characters as Adaptive and Specific307 Note A to Page 57333 Note B to Page 89337 |