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WADDINGTON1 has described selection experiments in Drosophila in which acquired characters were ‘assimilated’ by the genotype. This communication describes the initial results of a mouse experiment of similar design.
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Waddington, C. H., Evolution, 7, 2, 118 (1953); 10, 1, 1 (1956).
Dun, R. B., Aust. J. Biol. Sci. (in the press).
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DUN, R., FRASER, A. Selection for an Invariant Character—‘Vibrissa Number’—in the House Mouse. Nature 181, 1018–1019 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811018a0
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