I had found again and again that the most aberrant population of a species - often having reached species rank, and occasionally classified even as a separate genus - occurred at a peripheral location, indeed usually at the most isolated peripheral location.

  • -- Ernst Mayr 迈尔

我一次又一次地发现,一个物种中最异常的种群——往往达到了物种的级别,有时甚至被划分为一个单独的属——发生在一个边缘位置,实际上通常是在最孤立的边缘位置。

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As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.

正如伟人的影响是无止境的一样,一项伟大的考察也没有确定的终点,没有终点;它持续了几个世纪,一直对日益增长的人口和日益扩大的领域日益增长的需求的压力作出反应。

All I claimed was that when a drastic change occurs, it occurs in a relatively small and isolated population.

我所声称的是,当一个剧烈的变化发生时,它发生在一个相对较小和孤立的群体中。