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A mathematical theory of natural and artificial selection. (Part VI, Isolation.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. B. S. Haldane
Affiliation:
Trinity College

Extract

It is generally believed that isolation has played an important part in evolution. If an organism is to evolve so as to adapt itself to a special type of environment, e.g. a cave or a desert, it must not be swamped in each generation by migrants from the original habitat.

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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1930

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* Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 23 (1924), 1941.Google Scholar