Abstract
IT has been shown that close inbreeding of good stock, if associated with the usual commonsense elimination of wasters, may be persisted in for several generations without any undesirable consequences. Many fine breeds of animals and races of plants have had very close inbreeding at their beginnings. It is said that there is habitual endogamy among bees and ants, and we know that in some formicaries the females are inseminated without an outside excursion. It seems then that “inbreeding is not in itself harmful.” This is the first conclusion that the authors of this excellent monograph reach.
Inbreeding and Outbreeding: Their Genetic and Sociological Significance.
By Dr. E. M. East Dr. D. F. Jones. (Monographs on Experimental Biology.) Pp. 285. (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1919.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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Inbreeding and Outbreeding: Their Genetic and Sociological Significance . Nature 106, 335–336 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106335a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106335a0
