CHAPTER III 



PHENOMENA OF INHERITANCE 



A. OBSERVATIONS ON INHERITANCE 



The observations of men in all ages have 

 established the fact that in general "like pro- 

 duces like," and that, in spite of many excep- 

 tions, children are in their main characteristics 

 like their parents. And yet offspring are 

 never exactly like their parents, and this has 

 led to the saying that "like does not produce 

 like but only somewhat like." What is meant 

 is that there are general resemblances but 

 particular differences between parents and 

 offspring. 



INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CHARACTERS 



In considering organic individuals one may 

 think of them as wholes or as composed of 

 parts, as indivisible unities or as constituent 



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