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W. P. Ball. Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?
Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ARE THE EFFECTS OF USE AND DISUSE INHERITED?
IMPORTANCE AND BEARING OF THE INQUIRY
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SPENCER'S EXAMPLES AND ARGUMENTS
DIMINUTION OF THE JAWS IN CIVILIZED RACES
DIMINISHED BITING MUSCLES OF LAP-DOGS
CROWDED TEETH
BLIND CAVE-CRABS
NO CONCOMITANT VARIATION FROM CONCOMITANT DISUSE
THE GIRAFFE, AND NECESSITY FOR CONCOMITANT VARIATION
ALLEGED RUINOUS EFFECTS OF NATURAL SELECTION
ADVERSE CASE OF NEUTER INSECTS
ÆSTHETIC FACULTIES
LACK OF EVIDENCE
INHERITED EPILEPSY IN GUINEA-PIGS
INHERITED INSANITY AND NERVOUS DISORDERS
INDIVIDUAL AND TRANSMISSIBLE TYPE NOT MODIFIED ALIKE BY THE DIRECT EFFECT OF CHANGED HABITS OR CONDITIONS
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DARWIN'S EXAMPLES
REDUCED WINGS OF BIRDS OF OCEANIC ISLANDS
DROOPING EARS AND DETERIORATED INSTINCTS
WINGS AND LEGS OF DUCKS AND FOWLS
PIGEONS' WINGS
SHORTENED BREAST-BONE IN PIGEONS
SHORTENED FEET IN PIGEONS
SHORTENED LEGS OF RABBITS
BLIND CAVE-ANIMALS
INHERITED HABITS
TAMENESS OF RABBITS
MODIFICATIONS OBVIOUSLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SELECTION
SIMILAR EFFECTS OF NATURAL SELECTION AND USE-INHERITANCE
INFERIORITY OF SENSES IN EUROPEANS
SHORT-SIGHT IN WATCHMAKERS AND ENGRAVERS
LARGER HANDS OF LABOURERS' INFANTS.[49]
THICKENED SOLE IN INFANTS
A SOURCE OF MENTAL CONFUSION
WEAKNESS OF USE-INHERITANCE
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INHERITED INJURIES
INHERITED MUTILATIONS
THE MOTMOT'S TAIL
OTHER INHERITED INJURIES MENTIONED BY DARWIN
QUASI-INHERITANCE
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MISCELLANEOUS CONSIDERATIONS
TRUE RELATION OF PARENTS AND OFFSPRING
INVERSE INHERITANCE
EARLY ORIGIN OF THE OVA
MARKED EFFECTS OF USE AND DISUSE ON THE INDIVIDUAL
WOULD NATURAL SELECTION FAVOUR USE-INHERITANCE?
USE-INHERITANCE AN EVIL
VARIED EFFECTS OF USE AND DISUSE
USE-INHERITANCE IMPLIES PANGENESIS
PANGENESIS IMPROBABLE
SPENCER'S EXPLANATION OF USE-INHERITANCE
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CONCLUSIONS
USE-INHERITANCE DISCREDITED AS UNNECESSARY, UNPROVEN, AND IMPROBABLE
MODERN RELIANCE ON USE-INHERITANCE MISPLACED
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