From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henry Flower
Date:
11 Apr 1878
Source of text:
John Innes Foundation Historical Collections
Summary:
Asks whether WHF has had time to look at goose’s wing.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Asks whether WHF has had time to look at goose’s wing.
Bones in goose’s wing perfectly normal. Malformation probably due to want of balance in muscles; analogous to club-foot. Injury of the parent not reproduced in offspring, but may have led to disturbance in functions of nerves which control muscles. Would like further study.
Will ask Blair for more [goose] wing specimens.