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early theories of heredity
- In heredity: Prescientific conceptions of heredity
…the relative contributions of the female and the male parents were very unequal; the female was thought to supply what he called the “matter” and the male the “motion.” The Institutes of Manu, composed in India between 100 and 300 ad, consider the role of the female like that of…
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