Heredity in relation to eugenics / by Charles Benedict Davenport.

  • Charles Benedict Davenport
Date:
[1911]
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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I EUGENICS: ITS NATURE, IMPORTANCE AND AIMS PAGE 1. What IJugenics is 1 2. The Need of Eugenics 2 3. The Genehal Procedure in Applied Eugenics 4 CHAPTER II THE METHOD OF EUGENICS 1. Unit Characters and Their Combinations 2. The Mechanism of the Inheritance of Characteristics 3. The Laws of Heredity 4. Inheritance of Multiple Characters 5. Heredity of Sex and of Sex-limited Characters . 6. The Application of the Laws of Heredity to Eugenics 6 10 16 20 21 23 CHAPTER III THE INHERITANCE OF FAMILY TRAITS 1. Eye Color 2. Hair Color 3. Hair Form 4. Skin Color 5. Stature 6. Total Body Weight 7. Musical Ability [ ^ 8. Ability in Artistic Composition .....*.*,'.'.''* 51 9. Ability in Literary Composition C4 10. Mechanical Skill * ]^* 11. Calculating Ability 12. Memory 13. Combined Talents AND Summary OF Special ABiLmES 60 14. Temperament • w 15. Handwriting . . 63 • • Vll 27 32 34 36 38