The luminosity distribution of globular clusters shows a dramatic dependence on parent galaxy luminosity . Dwarf galaxies contain far more faint globulars than do luminous galaxies . This difference is significant at the 99.7 % level . On the other hand the luminosity distribution of globular clusters in dwarf galaxies does not appear to depend strongly on their host ’ s morphological type . The dichotomy of globular cluster masses occurs at a host galaxy mass of \sim 4 \times 10 ^ { 8 } M _ { \odot } , which is almost two orders of magnitude lower than the onset of the dichotomy in globular color characteristics at \sim 3 \times 10 ^ { 10 } M _ { \odot } that was recently noted by Forbes .