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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Walter Bates
Date:
22 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph file, D)
Summary:

Thanks HWB for bringing "the question of sexes" before the Entomological Society. Feels he will come to some conclusion by comparison of numerous observations.

It appears Pangenesis "will expire unblessed and uncursed by the world".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
19 Aug 1868
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 278)
Summary:

Thanks LA for information on sexual differences in the coloration of Amazonian fish. CD was anxious to know how the sexes differed because they are unusual in that the male has the largest share in looking after ova and young.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project