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NO numerical estimate appears to have been made of the frequency with which different grades of prepotency are distributed. Breeders are familiar with the fact that certain animals are peculiarly apt to impress their personal characters upon offspring, but how frequently and to what extent this tendency occurs has never, I believe, been investigated. The following attempt is therefore of interest, though not free from objection in minor details.
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GALTON, F. The Distribution of Prepotency. Nature 58, 246–247 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/058246b0
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