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Page 351
... tendency has been at work to reduce , aggregate , and alter strobiles of the heaviest ( Lambert's Pine ) into compound , even fleshy conelets ( Juniper ) that are not easy to tell apart at a glance from genuine angiospermous berries ...
... tendency has been at work to reduce , aggregate , and alter strobiles of the heaviest ( Lambert's Pine ) into compound , even fleshy conelets ( Juniper ) that are not easy to tell apart at a glance from genuine angiospermous berries ...
Page 415
... tendency for scales to alter , which tendency is shared in common , whatever the degree and particular manifestation , by fishes , reptiles or birds . Of this tendency the " adhesive pad " , the " feather " , etc. are but secondary ...
... tendency for scales to alter , which tendency is shared in common , whatever the degree and particular manifestation , by fishes , reptiles or birds . Of this tendency the " adhesive pad " , the " feather " , etc. are but secondary ...
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... tendencies existed in Gryphaea which eventually made it possible for it to adapt to a soft sub- stratum . Had these tendencies represented in fact by a " something " inducing a long range tendency of over - coiling of the lower valve of ...
... tendencies existed in Gryphaea which eventually made it possible for it to adapt to a soft sub- stratum . Had these tendencies represented in fact by a " something " inducing a long range tendency of over - coiling of the lower valve of ...
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