selections

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That is to say, we must, as far as possible, estimate separately the influence of Darwin as an evolutionist and Darwin as a selectionist.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

All we are, or can be, the selectionist credits to Natural Selection.

From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John

The experiment was a fair one, inasmuch as it demonstrated the polymorphic variability of cereals beyond all doubt and in a degree hitherto unsuspected; but from the standpoint of the selectionist it was a failure.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

It may fairly be said that this creature is more obedient to the will of the practical selectionist than any other with which we have experimented.

From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate