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Darwin and inheritance: the influence of Prosper Lucas.

Ricardo Noguera-Solano1, Rosaura Ruiz-Gutiérrez.   

Abstract

An important historical relation that has hardly been addressed is the influence of Prosper Lucas's Treatise on Natural Inheritance on the development of Charles Darwin's concepts related to inheritance. In this article we trace this historical connection. Darwin read Lucas's Treatise in 1856. His reading coincided with many changes concerning his prior ideas on the transmission and expression of characters. We consider that this reading led him to propose a group of principles regarding prepotency, hereditary diseases, morbid tendencies and atavism; following Lucas, he called these principles: laws of inheritance.

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Year:  2009        PMID： 20481127     DOI： 10.1007/s10739-008-9175-7

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Hist Biol        ISSN： 0022-5010            Impact factor:   1.326


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Journal:  Science       Date:  1990-01-19       Impact factor: 47.728

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Journal:  Isis       Date:  1987-09       Impact factor: 0.688

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Authors:  Carlos López-Beltrán
Journal:  J Hist Biol       Date:  2004       Impact factor: 1.326
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1.  The history and reception of Charles Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis.

Authors:  Kate Holterhoff
Journal:  J Hist Biol       Date:  2014       Impact factor: 1.326
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