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Mr. Waterhouse

A naturalist who studied mammals and beetles.

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Also known as Mr. Waterhouse

First appearance: i variation under domestication

Mr. Waterhouse shows up with force in Divergence of Character. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Waterhouse is cited for his observation that Australian marsupials feebly represent carnivorous, ruminant, and rodent mammals, illustrating an early stage of diversification.

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In Divergence of Character: Waterhouse is cited for his observation that Australian marsupials feebly represent carnivorous, ruminant, and rodent mammals, illustrating an early stage of diversification. Later, in A…

Later, in A Part Developed in Any Species in an Extraordinary Degree or Manner, in Comparison with the Same Part in Allied Species, Tends to Be Highly Variable: Darwin credits Mr. Waterhouse with first remarking on the rule that extraordinarily developed parts are highly variable.

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Divergence of Character
Waterhouse is cited for his observation that Australian marsupials feebly represent carnivorous, ruminant, and rodent mammals, illustrating an early stage of diversification.
A Part Developed in Any Species in an Extraordinary Degree or Manner, in Comparison with the Same Part in Allied Species, Tends to Be Highly Variable
Darwin credits Mr. Waterhouse with first remarking on the rule that extraordinarily developed parts are highly variable.
Cell-Making Instinct of the Hive-Bee
Showed that the form of the cell is closely related to the presence of adjoining cells, prompting Darwin's investigation.
On the Nature of the Affinities Connecting Organic Beings
Mr. Waterhouse's remarks on the general affinities of the bizcacha to Marsupials and of Phascolomys to Rodents are used to discuss inheritance from common progenitors.

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