On the breeding out of horns in Galloway cattle.
Has a finely graded series linking the dentition of the rhinoceros with that of the Palaeotherium of the Eocene.
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On the breeding out of horns in Galloway cattle.
Has a finely graded series linking the dentition of the rhinoceros with that of the Palaeotherium of the Eocene.
Thanks for information on Galloway cattle. [See 5614.]
Interested in WBD’s work on descent of the rhinoceros; is pleased to learn that he does not consider species to be immutable.
Thanks for CD’s letter; hopes by his work to add one grain of proof to CD’s theories.
Suggests Dawkins publish a paper on new facts on changes in the skeletal structure of animals kept but not bred in captivity.
Variation between individuals of a species.