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Mr. B. D. Walsh

An entomologist who studied insect galls and variation.

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Also known as Mr. B. D. Walsh, Mr. Walsh, himself

First appearance: vii miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection

Mr. B. D. Walsh shows up with force in 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. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Discussed analogous variations in insects under natural conditions, grouping them under his law of equable variability.
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See Mr. B. D. Walsh in vii miscellaneous objections to the theory of natural selection
See Mr. B. D. Walsh in 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
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