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Book Title
On the genesis of species
By
Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900
Publication Details
London, Macmillan & Co, 1871
Year
1871
Holding Institution
Cambridge University Library
Sponsor
JISC & NEH
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from End Slip 1, Side 1 annotation not in Darwin's handin dark grey ink 37    Flatfish.
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from End Slip 1, Side 2 annotation not in Darwin's handin dark grey ink 107 On origin of tendrils [see p 47]t01
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⇑lines 12—9 annotation Mucus [?]massage fishs
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from End Slip 1, Side 1 annotation not in Darwin's handin dark grey ink 47 Mammary glands — & p 42 for Larynxt01
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from End Slip 1, Side 1 annotation not in Darwin's handin dark grey ink 50 Cobra.
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     I cannot see it.— Variation analogous do arise.
from End Slip 1, Side 1 annotation not in Darwin's handin dark grey ink 72 The shoulder of pterodactyle.
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from End Slip 1, Side 1 annotation not in Darwin's handin dark grey ink 85 Effects of conditions on butterflies from Wallace
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bottom-margin annotation Urges any amont of sudden variation of which we have evidence, «& not mnstros» (& not reversion) I will admit, but probaly less than we see under Domstication.