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。
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。