# Nägeli — The Origin of Species character guide

> Nägeli in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nageli

**First appearance:** 0036-v-laws-of-variation

## Who they are

A botanist who studied plant variation and heredity.

## In the story

### [VII: Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/vii-miscellaneous-objections-to-the-theory-of-natural-selection)

Nageli's essay on plant structures is referenced as a source of objections about the inutility of morphological differences.

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