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CHARACTER OF OFFSPRING 



Very similar twin girls. 



frightened by a fire. If the 

 birthmark has hair growing on 

 it, the explanation given is that 

 a mouse frightened the mother 

 before the child was born. 

 Structural changes cannot be 

 produced in a child by mater- 

 nal impressions or mental ex- 

 periences of the mother. The 

 physiological explanation of 

 birthmarks is that a number of 

 small blood vessels of the 

 skin of a new-born infant 

 have remained dilated in a 

 particular spot. This is a 

 somatic, not a germinal 

 variation. 



The characters com- 

 bined in the chromosomes 

 during the union of the 

 sperm and egg are the 

 characters that will de- 

 velop in the child. If 

 musical ability is in one of 

 the genes, it will be pres- 

 ent in that of the off- 

 spring. If not, no amount 

 of practice on the part of 

 the parent will develop the 

 talent. The only struc- 

 tural changes made in the 

 offspring are those that 



A recent photograph of the same identical twins. It is , ff , _, i i 



very difficult to distinguish one from the other. Can DC atteCtea Dy gOOd 



