. Body-build and its inheritance. Heredity; Human anatomy. DUhr® qui ntn 2 3 4 II ED w 14 12 13 14 15 H-r® flhh-dD) 15 16 fflj (© Qffl 16 17 18 19 17 I Fig. 23.—Pedigree chart showing distribution of build in the Leo family. anemia). She had both slender and fleshy sibs. Their only child (III 4) is a girl of 9 years. Her relative chest-girth is 57 per cent instead of the 49 per cent expected at that age; that is, she is fleshy. Thus the two mar- riages of this slender stock into fleshy lines result altogether in 4 children, all fleshy; indicating dominance of fleshiness. II 16, $ , at 50


. Body-build and its inheritance. Heredity; Human anatomy. DUhr® qui ntn 2 3 4 II ED w 14 12 13 14 15 H-r® flhh-dD) 15 16 fflj (© Qffl 16 17 18 19 17 I Fig. 23.—Pedigree chart showing distribution of build in the Leo family. anemia). She had both slender and fleshy sibs. Their only child (III 4) is a girl of 9 years. Her relative chest-girth is 57 per cent instead of the 49 per cent expected at that age; that is, she is fleshy. Thus the two mar- riages of this slender stock into fleshy lines result altogether in 4 children, all fleshy; indicating dominance of fleshiness. II 16, $ , at 50 years is tall and slender. He has 1 slender and 4 fleshy and very fleshy sibs. His father, I 5, was slender; his mother was short and weighed 86 kg. (190 pounds). He married II 17, a slender woman; the 2 living children are tall and slender. Thus II 16 apparently did not carry the gene for fleshiness from his mother (73: 676). Lou-2 Family. A family of Irish and English extraction, living mostly in New York State. The Father, who is a doctor, suffered in middle age from "nervous breakdown, indigestion, and stomach trouble"; is living at 60 years, and has the formula 155/73 inches; build (29). His three brothers, who are living, are tall. Their father, who survives, is a farmer and suffered in middle age from "; Their mother died from consumption "caused from taking care of son who died from ;. 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 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944. Washington Carnegie Institution


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