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Colouration in Animals and Plants

by Alfred Tylor

1886 · Science

Open Library OL249567W

Colouration in Animals and Plants was the first substantial textbook to argue the case for Darwinian selection applying to all aspects of animal coloration. Colouration in Animals and Plants also pioneered the concept of frequency-dependent selection and introduced the term "aposematism".

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