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In the present example , for instance , the pattern does not merely break up the
apparent form of the leg segments into a number of isolated patches : on the
contrary , by the union of corresponding patches , it builds up an entirely new ...
In the present example , for instance , the pattern does not merely break up the
apparent form of the leg segments into a number of isolated patches : on the
contrary , by the union of corresponding patches , it builds up an entirely new ...
Page 168
The present type of criticism finds its chief exponent in McAtee , whose paper
entitled “ Effectiveness in Nature of the so ... The misleading way in which McAtee
presents his data , the illogical conclusions which he draws from them , and his ...
The present type of criticism finds its chief exponent in McAtee , whose paper
entitled “ Effectiveness in Nature of the so ... The misleading way in which McAtee
presents his data , the illogical conclusions which he draws from them , and his ...
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To the present writer this criticism seems irrelevant and misleading . It is most
unfortunate also that Richards and Robson were unable to include in their survey
of work bearing on the present problem the experiments by Sumner described ...
To the present writer this criticism seems irrelevant and misleading . It is most
unfortunate also that Richards and Robson were unable to include in their survey
of work bearing on the present problem the experiments by Sumner described ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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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 | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 veeb. 2009 |
| Length | 508 pages |
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