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Francis Maitland Balfour
(10 Nov 1851 - 19 Jul 1882)

Scottish embryologist and zoologist.


Science Quotes by Francis Maitland Balfour (1)

The embryological record is almost always abbreviated in accordance with the tendency of nature (to be explained on the principle of survival of the fittest) to attain her needs by the easiest means.
— Francis Maitland Balfour
A Treatise on Comparative Embryology (1880), Vol. I, 3-4.
See also:  |  Embryology (5)  |  Survival Of The Fittest (23)


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