Darwin to Francis Galton

Date:
4 Nov 1875
Reference:
GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/15
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Letter from Charles Darwin to Galton, noting that Darwin has just returned from the Vivisection Commission in London. He was revising his chapter on pangenesis in The Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication as he believed that gemmules may multiply in the reproductive organs.

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4 Nov 1875

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1 letter

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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