The Variation of Animals and Plants under DomesticationFront matterReading editionChapter navigation45 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterFOREWORDPREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONINTRODUCTIONChapter I · DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS.Chapter II · HORSES AND ASSES.Chapter III · PIGS—CATTLE—SHEEP—GOATSCATTLE.SHEEP.GOATS.Chapter IV · DOMESTIC RABBITS.Chapter V · DOMESTIC PIGEONS.Chapter V · DOMESTIC PIGEONS. (continued 2)Chapter VI · PIGEONS—continued.Chapter VI · PIGEONS—continued. (continued 2)Chapter VII · FOWLS.Chapter VII · FOWLS. (continued 2)Chapter VIII · DUCK—GOOSE—PEACOCK—TURKEY—GUINEA-FOWL—CANARY-BIRD—GOLD-FISH—RIVER-BEES—SILK-MOTHS.Chapter IX · CULTIVATED PLANTS: CEREAL AND CULINARY PLANTS.Chapter X · PLANTS continued—FRUITS—ORNAMENTAL TREES—FLOWERS.Chapter X · PLANTS continued—FRUITS—ORNAMENTAL TREES—FLOWERS. (continued 2)Chapter XI · ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION.Chapter XI · ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION. (continued 2)Chapter XII · INHERITANCE.Chapter XIII · INHERITANCE continued—REVERSION OF ATAVISM.Chapter XIV · INHERITANCE continued—FIXEDNESS OF CHARACTER—PREPOTENCY—SEXUAL LIMITATION—CORRESPONDENCE OF AGE.Chapter XV · ON CROSSING.Chapter XVI · CAUSES WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE FREE CROSSING OF VARIETIES—INFLUENCE OF DOMESTICATION ON FERTILITY.Chapter XVII · ON THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CROSSING, AND ON THE EVIL EFFECTS OF CLOSE INTERBREEDING.Chapter XVIII · ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE: STERILITY FROM VARIOUS CAUSES.Chapter XIX · SUMMARY OF THE FOUR LAST CHAPTERS, WITH REMARKS ON HYBRIDISM.Chapter XX · SELECTION BY MAN.Chapter XXI · SELECTION, continued.Chapter XXII · CAUSES OF VARIABILITY.Chapter XXIII · DIRECT AND DEFINITE ACTION OF THE EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE.Chapter XXIV · LAWS OF VARIATION—USE AND DISUSE, ETC.Chapter XXV · LAWS OF VARIATION, continued.—CORRELATED VARIABILITY.Chapter XXVI · LAWS OF VARIATION, continued.—SUMMARY.Chapter XXVII · PROVISIONAL HYPOTHESIS OF PANGENESIS.PART I.PART II.Chapter XXVIII · CONCLUDING REMARKS.INDEXINDEX (continued 2)INDEX (continued 3)Beginning of this editionNext chapter →FOREWORDAll chapters and sections (45)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsFOREWORDPREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONINTRODUCTIONChapters123Other sectionsCATTLE.SHEEP.GOATS.Chapters4556677891010111112131415161718192021222324252627Parts12Part 2 · Chapters28Part 2 · Other sectionsINDEXINDEX (continued 2)INDEX (continued 3)VOLUMES ONE AND TWOFOREWORD →