Pigmentation in Relation to Selection and to Anthropometric Characters

Abstract

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“…Pearson and Elderton (11) calculate that the correlation between parents and children in general health is about .38, somewhat less than that for physical characteristics, which for these classes is on the average .46. The previous work of, Macdonald and others suggesting that dark types are less likely to disease is not confirmed by the investigation of Saunders (15) of the relation of pigmentation to infectious diseases among Birmingham school children. The disagreement with Macdonald may possibly be explained by the differently composed populations of Birmingham and Glasgow.…”