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do. Indeed, coat colour itself is rather more a 

 physiological attribute than a structural one. 



Mr. Robertson has made some attempt in this 

 direction, but his cases, though very suggestive, 

 appear to require more critical analysis than he has 

 at present given them. But as far as they go, they do 

 seemingly point towards a Mendelian segregation of 

 pathological traits. 



A matter of a few years would be sufficient 

 to decide the mode of inheritance of some of the 

 physiological and pathological characters of the 

 horse, provided that the investigation was adequately 

 wide and conducted with scientific accuracy. 



