PROBLEM OF HIGHER FECUNDITY 



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tional individuals that 

 possess in a high degree 

 the power of transmit- 

 ting desired characteris- 

 tics to their offspring. 



Is High Fecundity 

 Sex-Limited. In other 

 words, is high fecundity 

 inherited through the 

 sire alone, or from, the 

 dam alone? This ques- 

 tion has been the subject 

 of investigation by Doc- 

 tor Pearl of the Maine 

 Station, and his con- 

 clusions are given in 

 these words (Maine Bul- 

 letin 205 ) : ' ' High fecundity may be inherited by daughters 

 from their sire, independent of the dam." . . . "High 

 fecundity is not inherited by daughters from their dams. ' ' 



WHITE LEGHORN HEN O34 



229 e 

 years. 

 Station. 



; in first year, 786 eggs in five 

 wo daughters below. Oregon 



B12 251 eggs in 1 year C551 607 eggs in 3 years 



DAUGHTERS OF O34 



