To D. F. Nevill 23 December 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
December 23. 1880
Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill
I thank you for your kindness in writing to me.1 I have heard of a good many cases of one breed being so prepotent over another, that a cross seems to produce hardly any effect.—2
I do not think that I shall be in London for some time, but whenever I am, I will have the pleasure of calling on your Ladyship & beg leave to remain | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
CD is familiar with cases of prepotency that are so strong that a cross has no effect.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12933
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Dorothy Fanny Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12933,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12933.xml
