His experiments so far support the view of Continental mule breeders, that telegony, if it takes place, occurs very seldom. |
The Odyssey has a lost sequel, the Telegony, which was not written by Homer. |
All these beliefs, from inheritance of acquired traits to telegony, must now be classed as superstitions. |
Pre-natal culture and telegony were found to be mere delusions. |
The idea of telegony, the persistent influence of the first mating, may be invoked to explain this discrepancy. |
As Ritvo 1997 shows, belief in telegony was persistent through the end of the nineteenth century. |