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... referring to the experimental physiologists ' observations , says : ' All this
sounds very well , but the observations and experiments are such as are usual in
physiological laboratories , and the frogs , when observed in their native haunts ,
or ...
... referring to the experimental physiologists ' observations , says : ' All this
sounds very well , but the observations and experiments are such as are usual in
physiological laboratories , and the frogs , when observed in their native haunts ,
or ...
Page 172
To quote a single opinion — this is what Graham Kerr says : ' Many of the attacks
on Darwinism have emanated from the laboratory and the study , and for the
reason indicated deserve far less attention than they have received . Certainly in
my ...
To quote a single opinion — this is what Graham Kerr says : ' Many of the attacks
on Darwinism have emanated from the laboratory and the study , and for the
reason indicated deserve far less attention than they have received . Certainly in
my ...
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Thus , by slightly modifying the words of an old song which appeals to man's
gregarious instinct and associates merriment with numbers , we can give it a
more truthful ( and here pertinent ) meaning , if we say : The more we are
together ...
Thus , by slightly modifying the words of an old song which appeals to man's
gregarious instinct and associates merriment with numbers , we can give it a
more truthful ( and here pertinent ) meaning , if we say : The more we are
together ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Adaptive Coloration in Animals |
| Author | Hugh Bamford Cott |
| Contributor | Julian Sorell Huxley |
| Publisher | Methuen & Company, Limited, 1940 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 15 jaan. 2009 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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