Assertion: inheritance's effect | /r/AtLocation | comparison
Facets:
value: with the laws of reproduction
type: OTHER
value: of growth
type: OTHER
value: of inheritance
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Seedlings from the same fruit, and the young of the same litter, sometimes differ considerably from each other, though both the young and the parents, as Muller has remarked, have apparently been exposed to exactly the same conditions of life; and this shows how unimportant the direct effects of the conditions of life are in comparison with the laws of reproduction, and of growth, and of inheritance ; for had the action of the conditions been direct, if any of the young had varied, all would probably have varied in the same manner.