达尔文与遗传：普罗斯珀·卢卡斯的影响

Darwin and inheritance: the influence of Prosper Lucas.

作者信息

Noguera-Solano Ricardo, Ruiz-Gutiérrez Rosaura

机构信息

Departamento de Biologia Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 04510 México, DF, México.

出版信息

J Hist Biol. 2009 Winter;42(4):685-714. doi: 10.1007/s10739-008-9175-7.

DOI:10.1007/s10739-008-9175-7

PMID:20481127

Abstract

An important historical relation that has hardly been addressed is the influence of Prosper Lucas's Treatise on Natural Inheritance on the development of Charles Darwin's concepts related to inheritance. In this article we trace this historical connection. Darwin read Lucas's Treatise in 1856. His reading coincided with many changes concerning his prior ideas on the transmission and expression of characters. We consider that this reading led him to propose a group of principles regarding prepotency, hereditary diseases, morbid tendencies and atavism; following Lucas, he called these principles: laws of inheritance.

摘要

一个几乎未被探讨过的重要历史关联是普罗斯珀·卢卡斯的《自然遗传论》对查尔斯·达尔文遗传相关概念发展的影响。在本文中，我们追溯这一历史联系。达尔文于1856年阅读了卢卡斯的《自然遗传论》。他的阅读恰逢其先前关于性状传递和表达的诸多观念发生变化之时。我们认为，这次阅读促使他提出了一组关于优势遗传、遗传病、病态倾向和返祖现象的原则；效仿卢卡斯，他将这些原则称为：遗传法则。