From:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Feb 1874
Source of text:
DAR 90: 98–9
Summary:
Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Gives the answers of two of the best dog breeders to CD’s queries.
Criticises sexual selection theory. Supports natural selection.
Gives CD references on proportion of sexes in spiders.
At the suggestion of Crichton-Browne CD writes on behalf of his son George, who is making a study of marriages between first cousins and of their offspring to determine the proportion of the latter who may be among the insane, deaf and dumb, idiotic, blind etc. Is GES willing to ask his patients [at the Royal Albert Asylum] for the information relevant to this study?
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