Size inheritance in rabbits; the backcross to the large parent race
โ Scribed by Castle, W. E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1931
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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In two previous papers (Castle, '29, '31) I have described some results of an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that racial body size in a mammal is influenced by chromosomal genes. This is a final report upon the experiment. It consisted in a cross between two races of rabbits very differe
Racial differences in stature and other external features are well recognized in man and in domestic animals, but comparatively few data have been found in the literature on organ size in large and in small animals of closely related races. Differences in embryonic growth in large and in small race
In a previous paper we have described a difference in rate of growth between eggs from a large race of rabbits and those 'from a small race. Eggs were obtained as early as forty-eight hours and as late as 168 hours after copulation. Stages between these limits were also studied. At the time of ovul
t " values of 2.04 and above are signscant at 5% and 2.75