To John Bush 2 April [1868]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Ap 2
Dear Sir
I am much obliged to you for your kindness in giving me all the information in your power. Should you ever find the memorandum to which you refer I shd be particularly obliged for fuller details.2
I have heard of analogous cases to that which you relate about crossing rats.3 I have indeed seen it positively stated that if white & grey mice are crossed, the offspring is of either of these colours & never pie-bald.
With my best thanks | I remain dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks JB for his information. Has heard of analogous cases to JB’s observations on [colours of] crossed rats; the offspring of white and grey mice are stated to be either white or grey and never piebald.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6084
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Bush
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Private collection
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6084,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6084.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
