Variation under Nature

• Published in: The Origin of Species p. 120
• Main Author: Charles Darwin
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Animal development; Animals; Archipelagos; Biological sciences; Biological taxonomies; Biology; Botany; Countries; Developmental biology; Earth sciences; Female animals; Genera; Geography; Geomorphology; Human geography; Insect development; Insect larvae; Islands; Landforms; Male animals; Physical sciences; Plants; Political geography; Political philosophy; Political science; Social contract; Social sciences; State of nature; Zoology
• ISBN: 0812219546; 9780812219548

Variability—Individual differences—Doubtful species—Wide ranging, much diffused, and common species vary most—Species of the larger genera in any country vary more than the species of the smaller genera—Many of the species of the larger genera resemble varieties in being very closely, but unequally,...