206 THE BREEDING OF ANIMALS 



RECORDS OF THE DAUGHTERS OP MINETTE'S PEDRO 



195. New characters originate in the germ-plasm. 

 In the preceding discussion of the possibility of the 

 inheritance of acquired characters, we have followed 

 closely Weismann's definition of acquired characters. It 

 must be admitted, however, that in the discussion of 

 this subject by many students of heredity, the use of 

 the term has not been confined strictly to Weismann's 

 interpretation. Many biologists would include under 

 the discussion of this subject all acquired characters, 

 regardless of whether they may have originated through 



1 Eckles, Missouri Experiment Station, Research Bulletin, 

 No. 2, p. 108. 



