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On the genesis of species
By
Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900
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London, Macmillan & Co, 1871
Year
1871
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Cambridge University Library
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JISC & NEH
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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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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.