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Patrick Bateson Quotes

1938–2017 England

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... But what would happen if genetic determinism could be destroyed once and for all? Will men cease to be patriarchal? And will the rich distribute their possessions to the poor? Fat chance.

Hybrid vigour is so dramatic when it occurs that it seems to make the arguments for outbreeding depression implausible. Nevertheless, some empirical evidence supports the view that outbreeding too much can carry genetic costs in certain species.

Mate Choice (1983)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Patrick Bateson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.