RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1868.01.05. No Doubt Rein-deer's progenitor had horns for courting. Abstract of CUL-DAR85.B138. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 244-6.
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Jan 5 - 1868 No Doubt Rein-deer's progenitors had horns for courting & then through the failure of inheritance at corresponding ages, the young males acquired them at early age, & then were transferred to female this is probable steps - Not likely that primordially parent of Rein-deer differed so much from all genera in period of first acquirement of Horns –
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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