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To Raphael Meldola 9 June [1871]
Summary
Mentions the difficulties in explaining the separation of sexes and Carl Nägeli’s view that the sexes of plants were primordially distinct.
Has been experimenting for five or six years to demonstrate that the benefits of crossing are the same as those derived from a slight change of conditions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 9 June [1871] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7813 |
From Raphael Meldola 7 June 1871
Summary
Discusses the origin and advantages of sexual differentiation in terms of division of labour.
Discusses the origin of the giraffe’s neck and the unsoundness of St G. J. Mivart’s view with respect to it.
Points out an error in Descent.
| Author: | Raphael Meldola |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 116 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7807 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Meldola, Raphael | (1) |
