^ Darwin 1872, p. 397: "Rudimentary, Atrophied, and Aborted Organs"
^Bowler, Peter J. (1989) [1983]. Evolution The History of an Idea (Revised ed.). University of California Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-520-06386-0.
^ See, for example, the discussion in Bowler 2003, pp. 86–95: "Whatever the true nature of Lamarck's theory, it was his mechanism of adaptation that caught the attention of later naturalists." (p. 90)
^ Provine 1986
^ Ford 1975
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