Neo-Darwinism / R.J. Berry.

  • Berry, R. J. (Robert James)
Date:
1982
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Credit: Neo-Darwinism / R.J. Berry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 § 1.4 Fig. 1-1 The first phylogenetic tree, drawn up by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. ancestral heredity', based on the share of inherited constitution an individual transmits to his descendants ('/2 to his children, '/4 to grandchildren, '/g to great¬ grandchildren). This was a simple quantitative corollary of the currently- accepted ideas of blending inheritance; but it enabled Galton to develop statistical ideas of correlation and regression, which have remained central to biometrical analysis and quantitative inheritance ever since.