The Origin of Species · Character
Nägeli
A botanist who studied plant variation and heredity.
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Also known as Nageli
First appearance: v laws of variation
Nägeli shows up with force in VII: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Nageli's essay on plant structures is referenced as a source of objections about the inutility of morphological differences.
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