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Natural inheritance.

Title
Natural inheritance.
Author
Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.
Publication
London, Macmillan, 1889.

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Description
ix, 259 pages illustrations
Summary
In this book the first statistical study of biological variation and inheritance is represented. Galton used statistical methods and propounded a "law of filial regression."
Subject
  • Heredity
  • Genetics
  • Heredity
  • Vererbung
  • Hérédité
  • Génétique
Note
  • "Memoirs by the author bearing on heredity": p. [219]-221.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Memoirs by the author bearing on heredity": pages 219-221
Contents
Processes in heredity -- Organic stability -- Schemes of distribution and of frequency -- Normal variability -- Data -- Discussion of the data of stature -- Discussion of the data of eye colour -- The artistic faculty -- Disease -- Latent elements -- Summary.
LCCN
02006150
OCLC
  • ocm00686782
  • 686782
  • SCSB-302633
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library