polydactylism
- a variation of polydactyly.
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It had obvious defects: it could not, for example, explain the inheritance of characteristics from the father; in 1752 Maupertuis showed that polydactylism could be inherited in the male as well as the female line.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
WALKER, A., on intermarriage. on the inheritance of polydactylism.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
CARLISLE, Sir A., inheritance of peculiarities. -of polydactylism.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
STRUTHERS, D., osteology of the feet in solid-hoofed pigs. -on polydactylism.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
Zouteveen, Dr., polydactylism; proportion of sexes at Cape of Good Hope; spiders attracted by music; on sounds produced by fish.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
