Plate I.—Illustrating the results of Artificial Selection. Within historic times the small Wild Rock Pigeon has been evolved into the large Pouter. The figure illustrates the plasticity of a living organism.
A FIRST BOOK
IN
ORGANIC EVOLUTION
BY
D. KERFOOT SHUTE, A.B., M.D.
OPHTHALMIC SURGEON TO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (COLUMBIAN)
PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY
CHICAGO
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.
Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road
1899