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WE were surprised at the content, and still more at the tone, of the review by Prof. C. D. Darlington of M. J. D. White's “Animal Cytology and Evolution”1. In our opinion, it would be unfortunate if the many criticisms given under the authority of Darlington's name were allowed to obscure what seem to us the merits of this book. White's book contains not only a most useful and critical compilation of scattered data, but also many stimulating discussions of a variety of topics; and it is a valuable part of Dr. White's work that he makes it clear which of his remarks are intended to be factual and which theoretical.
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“Genetics and the Chromosomes”, Nature, 175, 4 (1955).
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WADDINGTON, C., CALLAN, H. “Animal Cytology and Evolution”. Nature 175, 436 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175436a0
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