Author : L. DONCASTER
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0428398294
Heredity in the Light of Recent Research (Classic Reprint) by L. DONCASTER Pdf
Excerpt from Heredity in the Light of Recent Research During the whole history Of scientific enquiry, one Of the most fascinating and at the same time one Of the most baffling of the problems which confront mankind has been the cause Of the resemblances and differences between parents and children. In general, the facts are common knowledge; the essence of Heredity and Variation is expressed in the proverbs 'like begets like and Nature never uses the same mould twice.' Yet clearly the two proverbs are con tradictory, for if like really begets like Nature must use the same mould for all the members Of a family. Our object therefore is to investigate, first, how the characters of a parent actually are distributed among the children, and how the Offspring of the same parentage may differ among themselves; and secondly, if possible, what is the mechanism by which the re semblances and diversities are brought about. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.