Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Piece
Reference Number	GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/21
Title	Darwin to Francis Galton
Date	18 Dec 1875
Description	Letter from Charles Darwin to Galton, defending his idea of pangenesis (inheritance via particles in the bloodstream, or "gemmules") against Galton's criticisms. Darwin and Galton eventually conducted an experiment breeding different coloured rabbits that had been given blood transfusions which disproved the theory of pangenesis.
Extent	1 letter
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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