Telegony is a theory in heredity now discredited but widely believed until the late19th century holding that offspring can inherit the characteristics of a previous mate of the female parent ;

先父 遗传是一种遗传上的理论，现今 它被证明不真实，但是直到19世纪晚期，它还广泛地被相信和接受。

Telegony is the supposed influence of a female 's first mate on the offspring of her later matings with other males .

先父 遗传是与母畜第一次交配的公畜，对以后该母畜与其它公畜交配所生的后代会有影响。