. The Penycuik experiments. Hybridization; Telegony; Horses; 1899. TELEGONY AND REVERSION. 141 particular resemble the pure ;* Mulatto's hybrid Romulus might hence have been the image of his gaudily- painted sire Matopo. It is even conceivable Romulus might have closely resembled his almost jet-black dam. When hybrids or cross-bred offspring are identical or nearly identical with the first sire, the " infected" sub- sequent offspring (telegony being taken for granted) might also resemble the first sire. I say might advisedly, because Fig. Mulatto. if the second sire ha
. The Penycuik experiments. Hybridization; Telegony; Horses; 1899. TELEGONY AND REVERSION. 141 particular resemble the pure ;* Mulatto's hybrid Romulus might hence have been the image of his gaudily- painted sire Matopo. It is even conceivable Romulus might have closely resembled his almost jet-black dam. When hybrids or cross-bred offspring are identical or nearly identical with the first sire, the " infected" sub- sequent offspring (telegony being taken for granted) might also resemble the first sire. I say might advisedly, because Fig. Mulatto. if the second sire happened to be distinctly inbred, or for some other reason extremely prepotent, the influence of the dam, phis the influence of the first sire, might be com- pletely overcome, with the result that the subsequent progeny would very closely resemble the second sire. It thus appears that the further the telegony problem is * From a letter by the Rev. John Gillespie, , president of the Highland and Agricultural Society, the Field, January 1st, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ewart, J. C. (James Cossar), 1851-1933. London, A. and C. Black
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