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I AM quite as averse from “wasting time in endless and futile controversy” as Prof. Goodrich, but I cannot help thinking that so long as he and Sir Archdall Reid refuse to admit what seem to most biologists obviously true statements their arguments must be answered. Prof. Goodrich states in NATURE of December 22 last that there is no contradiction between his proposition that characters, whether new or ancient, may be inherited provided they are possessed by both parents, and my reply that a character may be inherited when it is apparent only in one parent or in neither. If we omit what is common to both of these propositions it follows that in Prof. Goodrich's opinion there is no difference between “both parents” on one hand and “one or neither parent” on the other.
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CUNNINGHAM, J. Some Problems in Evolution. Nature 109, 41–42 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109041a0
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