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DCP-LETT-6593

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Chester Tait
Date:
2 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
Alan R. Tait (private collection)
Summary:

Discusses case of tailless dogs.

Does not intend to follow up work on variation under domestication.

Asks for specimen of Drosophyllum from Portugal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6631

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Chester Tait
Date:
24 Feb 1869
Source of text:
Alan R. Tait (private collection)
Summary:

Discusses method for shipping Drosophyllum specimens.

Asks about inheritance in tailless dogs;

the growth of horns in merino sheep.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6623

From:
William Chester Tait
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 178: 44
Summary:

Has been trying to get Drosophyllum lusitanicum for CD.

Intends to breed from two pointers born tailless.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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