# The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

By Charles Darwin

- About 406,015 words

## Chapters

0. [Preface](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/0.md)
1. [CHAPTER I.—DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/1.md)
2. [CHAPTER II.—HORSES AND ASSES.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/2.md)
3. [CHAPTER III.—PIGS—CATTLE—SHEEP—GOATS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/3.md)
4. [CATTLE.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/4.md)
5. [SHEEP.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/5.md)
6. [GOATS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/6.md)
7. [CHAPTER IV.—DOMESTIC RABBITS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/7.md)
8. [CHAPTER V.—DOMESTIC PIGEONS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/8.md)
9. [CHAPTER VI.—PIGEONS—continued.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/9.md)
10. [CHAPTER VII.—FOWLS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/10.md)
11. [CHAPTER VIII.—DUCK—GOOSE—PEACOCK—TURKEY—GUINEA-FOWL—CANARY-BIRD—GOLD-FISH—RIVER-BEES—SILK-MOTHS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/11.md)
12. [CHAPTER IX.—CULTIVATED PLANTS: CEREAL AND CULINARY PLANTS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/12.md)
13. [CHAPTER X.—PLANTS continued—FRUITS—ORNAMENTAL TREES—FLOWERS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/13.md)
14. [CHAPTER XI.—ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/14.md)
15. [CHAPTER XII.—INHERITANCE.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/15.md)
16. [CHAPTER XIII.—INHERITANCE continued—REVERSION OF ATAVISM.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/16.md)
17. [CHAPTER XIV.—INHERITANCE continued—FIXEDNESS OF CHARACTER—PREPOTENCY—SEXUAL LIMITATION—CORRESPONDENCE OF AGE.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/17.md)
18. [CHAPTER XV.—ON CROSSING.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/18.md)
19. [CHAPTER XVI.—CAUSES WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE FREE CROSSING OF VARIETIES—INFLUENCE OF DOMESTICATION ON FERTILITY.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/19.md)
20. [CHAPTER XVII.—ON THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CROSSING, AND ON THE EVIL EFFECTS OF CLOSE INTERBREEDING.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/20.md)
21. [CHAPTER XVIII.—ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CHANGED CONDITIONS OF LIFE: STERILITY FROM VARIOUS CAUSES.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/21.md)
22. [CHAPTER XIX.—SUMMARY OF THE FOUR LAST CHAPTERS, WITH REMARKS ON HYBRIDISM.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/22.md)
23. [CHAPTER XX.—SELECTION BY MAN.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/23.md)
24. [CHAPTER XXI.—SELECTION, continued](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/24.md)
25. [CHAPTER XXII.—CAUSES OF VARIABILITY.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/25.md)
26. [CHAPTER XXIII.—DIRECT AND DEFINITE ACTION OF THE EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/26.md)
27. [CHAPTER XXIV.—LAWS OF VARIATION—USE AND DISUSE, ETC.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/27.md)
28. [CHAPTER XXV.—LAWS OF VARIATION, continued.—CORRELATED VARIABILITY.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/28.md)
29. [CHAPTER XXVI.—LAWS OF VARIATION, continued.—SUMMARY.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/29.md)
30. [CHAPTER XXVII.—PROVISIONAL HYPOTHESIS OF PANGENESIS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/30.md)
31. [PART I.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/31.md)
32. [PART II.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/32.md)
33. [CHAPTER XXVIII.—CONCLUDING REMARKS.](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/33.md)
34. [INDEX](https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication/c/34.md)

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*The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication* by Charles Darwin. Public domain.
Source: https://yarrow.to/novel/the-variation-of-animals-and-plants-under-domestication