Panmixia

Abstract

My letter of March 6 commenced with the remark that, without entering into controversy, I proposed to draw attention to the opinions expressed concerning the inheritance of acquired characters by Mr. Darwin. The reasons for my own beliefs on the questions at issue I have given in “The Principles of Biology,” §166, and, with other illustrations, in “The Factors of Organic Evolution.” Here it must suffice to say that I have seen no reason to abandon the conclusions there set forth.