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I SUBMIT that on the evidence available Mr. Madsen1 was justified in reaching the tentative conclusion, that some of the genetic factors governing milking capacity are transmitted in a sex-linked manner, and that the points mentioned by Mr. Edwards2 in his letter are based upon a misapprehension of the subject. Mr. Edwards states two objections, but if his first one be analysed it will be seen to contain three different points, so that all Mr. Edwards's objections to the conclusion reached by Mr. Madsen may be summarised as follows:
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SMITH, A. Inheritance of Milking Capacity. Nature 129, 688–689 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129688a0
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