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Disuse as a Reducing Cause in Species

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IN a letter of mine (NATURE, vol. ix. p. 361), entitled “Natural Selection and Dysteleology,” there occurs a footnote upon the above subject. As this footnote was rather carelessly written, I wish to explain my meaning more clearly.

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ROMANES, G. Disuse as a Reducing Cause in Species. Nature 10, 164 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010164a0

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