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Excerpt from The Effects of Inbreeding and Crossbreeding Upon Development, Vol. 207: September, 1918 Operation of hereditary factors without assuming an additional hypothetical stimulation; Some of the previous work bearing upon the effects of inbreed ing and crossbreeding is reviewed here and with this are given original data obtained from the naturally cross - fertilized corn plant, Zea Mays L. The facts at hand co-ordinate with the exist ing knowledge of heredity in such a way that it seems to the writer unnecessary any longer to make the fundamental dis tinction between the effects of inbreeding and crossbreeding and of heredity in development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.