Chapter 5: Laws of Variation
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Effects of external conditions.
Use and disuse, combined with natural selection; organs of flight and
of vision.
Acclimatisation.
Correlation of growth.
Compensation and economy of growth.
False correlations.
Multiple, rudimentary, and lowly organised structures variable.
Parts developed in an unusual manner are highly variable: specific
characters more variable than generic: secondary sexual characters
variable.
Species of the same genus vary in an analogous manner.
Reversions to long-lost characters.
Summary.
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On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural SelectionChapter 5: Laws of Variation
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