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DCP-LETT-9543

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 52: D1–2, 10–14
Summary:

Sets out some of his ideas on the effects of disuse on an organ. Disuse as a cause of reduction.

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DCP-LETT-9563

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 52: D3–7
Summary:

Encloses a copy of a letter from H. Spencer giving his opinion on GJR’s views on disuse and a draft of GJR’s reply to Spencer.

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DCP-LETT-10986

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 June 1877
Source of text:
E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 53; DAR 47: 139–42
Summary:

Sends MS notes on intercrossing.

Describes different reactions of rabbits and guinea-pigs to stinging nettles.

Has made a number of grafts at Kew.

Encloses notes on natural selection; discussion of factors mitigating the swamping influence of intercrossing on incipient variations.

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