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Inherited Memory

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HAVING had my attention called, of late, to the subject of the migration of birds, I have of course been interested in the discussion between Dr Weisrnann and Prof. Newton, and I cannot help fancying that I have hit on the “missing link” which connects the theory of the former with the facts of the latter.

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B., A. Inherited Memory. Nature 20, 77 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020077b0

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