CHAPTER X

The Origin of the Different Kinds of Adaptations[340]
– Form and Symmetry[340]
– Mutual Adaptation of Colonial Forms[350]
– Degeneration[352]
– Protective Coloration[357]
– Sexual Dimorphism and Trimorphism[360]
– Length of Life as an Adaptation[370]
– Organs of Extreme Perfection[371]
– Secondary Sexual Organs as Adaptations[372]
– Individual Adjustments as Adaptations[375]
– Color Changes as Individual Adaptations[375]
– Increase of Organs through Use and Decrease through Disuse[376]
– Reactions of the Organism to Poisons, etc.[377]
– Regeneration[379]

CHAPTER XI

Tropisms and Instincts as Adaptations[382]

CHAPTER XII

Sex as an Adaptation[414]
– The Different Kinds of Sexual Individuals[414]
– The Determination of Sex[422]
– Sex as a Phenomenon of Adaptation[439]

CHAPTER XIII

Summary and General Conclusions[452]
INDEX[465]