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THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION.
by
CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S., &c.
IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II.
With Illustrations.
LONDON:
John Murray, Albemarle Street.
1868.
The right of Translation is reserved.
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing
Cross.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER XII.
INHERITANCE.
WONDERFUL NATURE OF INHERITANCE--PEDIGREES OF OUR DOMESTICATED
ANIMALS--INHERITANCE NOT DUE TO CHANCE--TRIFLING CHARACTERS
INHERITED--DISEASES INHERITED--PECULIARITIES IN THE EYE INHERITED--DISEASES
IN THE HORSE--LONGEVITY AND VIGOUR--ASYMMETRICAL DEVIATIONS OF
STRUCTURE--POLYDACTYLISM AND REGROWTH OF SUPERNUMERARY DIGITS AFTER
AMPUTATION--CASES OF SEVERAL CHILDREN SIMILARLY AFFECTED FROM NON-AFFECTED
PARENTS--WEAK AND FLUCTUATING INHERITANCE: IN WEEPING TREES, IN DWARFNESS,
COLOUR OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS, COLOUR OF HORSES--NON-INHERITANCE IN CERTAIN
CASES--INHERITANCE OF STRUCTURE AND HABITS OVERBORNE BY HOSTILE CONDITIONS
OF LIFE, BY INCESSANTLY RECURRING VARIABILITY, AND BY REVERSION--CONCLUSION
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