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Genetics and the Origin of Species

by Theodosius Dobzhansky

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Featuring an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould, "Genetics and the Origin of Species" presents the first edition of Dobzhansky's groundbreaking and now classic inquiry into what has emerged as the most important single area of scientific inquiry in the twentieth century: biological theory of evolution. Genetics and the Origin of Species went through three editions (1937, 1941, and 1951) in which the importance accorded natural selection changed radically.

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Canonical title: Genetics and the Origin of Species
Original publication date: 1937

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Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 575 — Natural sciences & mathematics Biology Specific parts of and physiological systems in plants
LCC: QH366 .D6 — Science Natural history – Biology Biology (General) Evolution
BISAC: SCI SCIENCE Life Sciences Biology
SCI SCIENCE Life Sciences Genetics & Genomics

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Published: 1937
Genres: Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 575
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