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The analysis of such genetic differences is difficult. A pioneer attempt was made by Galton (1889) in his study of human stature, the inheritance of which he characterized as blending. This term was adopted by Castle et al. (1909) in describing the inheritance of ear-length and body-size in rabbits. A Mendelian interpretation of size-inheritance was later advocated by Lang based on the multiple-factor hypothesis of nilsson-ehle and this has now received general acceptance. Davenport (1917) has recently applied it to human stature, but has gone a step farther in assuming that the genetic factors which govern Size in one part of the body are often not the same as those which govern the size of other parts.
Punnett and Bailey (1914, 1918) in their studies of size-inheritance in poultry and in rabbits bring forward a different hypothesis.
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