Animal Breeding the Law of Atavism
Animal Breeding the Law of Atavism It has been shown that by the first great law of breeding, viz., the law that like produces like, improvement may be secured in a definite line through judicious breeding.
It has also been shown that through the second law of breeding, viz., the law of variation, higher improvement may be secured when the proper steps are taken to perpetuate desirable variations and to eliminate those that are undesirable.
There is yet another feature of breeding frequently spoken of as atavism, that cannot, properly speaking, be said to come within the realm of either of the above laws.
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