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Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?, by
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Title: Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin
Author: William Platt Ball
Release Date: August 26, 2008 [EBook #26438]
Language: English
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ARE THE EFFECTS OF USE AND DISUSE INHERITED?
AN EXAMINATION OF THE VIEW HELD BY SPENCER AND DARWIN
BY WILLIAM PLATT BALL
LONDON MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1890
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PREFACE.
My warmest thanks are due to Mr. Francis Darwin, to Mr. E. B. Poulton (whose interest in the subject here discussed is shown by his share in the translation of Weismann's Essays on Heredity), and to Professor Romanes, for the help afforded by their kindly suggestions and criticisms, and for the advice and recommendation under which this essay is now published. Encouragement from Mr. Francis Darwin is to me the
Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?
by William Platt Ball