Heredity of skin pigmentation in man / Gertrude C. Davenport and Charles B. Davenport.

  • Davenport, Gertrude C.
Date:
[1910?]
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Credit: Heredity of skin pigmentation in man / Gertrude C. Davenport and Charles B. Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE lA Complexion: Blond X Blond Family Name, ( Children. M. F. MM. 1 MF. 1 FM. i Blond. Inter. Brun. Bry. 3 1 bl bl ! bl br bl bl Bug. 2 bl bl bl bl i bl Cal. 4 1 bl bl — - 1 ' Cap. 1 1 i bl bl i i 1 i i Car. 3 2 bl bl bl — br * Cla. 1 1 i bl bl bl bl i bl Deg.1 2 bl bl I — i br bl Edw. 2 1 bl bl ! — — Eli. 1 1 bl bl br bl br bl Fay. 2 bl bl bl bl br bl Fir. 4 bl ' bl i bl bl i Fou. 1 bl bl i i bl i Fue. 3 bl bl bl bl bl bl Gra. 1 1 bl bl bl 1 1 bl Hal.—A 2 2 bl bl br i 1 bl bl Hed.—D 6 bl bl bl bl bl bl How.—C 6 1 bl bl bl bl bl bl Ker. 3 1 bl bl bl bl i bl Klo. 4 bl bl bl bl — bl Koo. 1 1 bl bl bl bl bl bl Kra. 3 bl bl bl bl bl bl Lav. 3 bl bl bl bl bl bl Len. 6 bl bl br br br br Lit.—B. 3 bl bl bl bl bl i McC. 2 bl bl bl — bl bl McG. 7 1 1 bl bl bl bl bl bl Mye. 4 1 1 bl bl bl bl bl bl Pad. 5 1 bl ' bl i bl — — Pla. G i bl bl bl bl bl bl Reg. 6 bl bl bl i bl bl Sha. 6 bl bl bl bl i bl Sim. 3 1 1 bl bl bl bl bl — Ste.—F 2 bl bl bl bl bl bl Ste.—G i 1 1 bl bl br bl br — Sto.—D o bl bl bl bl i br Sto.—E 3 1 bl bl i i i i Str.—A 5 i bl bl i bl bl i Str.—E 2 bl bl bl bl bl i Totals (135) 121 1 i 4 i 1 1 \ 38 families. seemed likely that the rule establislied for hair color would liold here (namely, that two light parents have no dark children), I asked for further details from all fam- ilies returning dark children of two blond parents. Only two replies were received. In the case of a family returning two brunets and four blonds from two blond parents the new record gave the father as brunet instead of blond. In the case of the second family said to con-