From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alpheus Hyatt
Date:
14 Dec [1872]
Source of text:
Maryland Historical Society (Alpheus Hyatt Papers MS 1007)
Summary:
Sends copy of last edition of Origin.
Respecting AH’s theory that acceleration of growth produces new characters, urges AH to examine decapods that do and do not pass through zoea stage. Believes there are no marked differences between them.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project