# M. Naudin — The Origin of Species character guide

> M. Naudin in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** M. Naudin, Naudin

**First appearance:** 0004-i-variation-under-domestication

## Who they are

A botanist who studied hybridization and species formation.

## In the story

### [Distinct Species Present Analogous Variations, So That a Variety of One Species Often Assumes a Character Proper to an Allied Species, or Reverts to Some of the Characters of an Early Progenitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/distinct-species-present-analogous-variations-so-that-a-variety-of-one-species-often-assumes-a-character-proper-to-an-allied-species-or-reverts-to-some-of-the-characters-of-an-early-progenitor)

Observed analogous variations in the gourd family.

### [Fertility of Varieties When Crossed, and of Their Mongrel Offspring, Not Universal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/fertility-of-varieties-when-crossed-and-of-their-mongrel-offspring-not-universal)

Confirmed that certain gourd varieties are ranked as varieties despite crossing difficulties.

### [Hybrids and Mongrels Compared, Independently of Their Fertility](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/hybrids-and-mongrels-compared-independently-of-their-fertility)

Naudin insisted on the universal tendency to reversion in hybrids, based on experiments with cultivated plants.

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