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INBEEEDING AND OUTBREEDING 



father. The sons, therefore, cannot be color-blind arid 

 cannot transmit color-blindness, but the daughters, though 



Female Line 

 (Normal) 



Male Line 

 (Color blind) 



Body-cells 

 of parents 



Rex-colls 

 of 



Body-cells 

 of children 



Sex-celU 

 of children 



Body-cells 

 of grand- 

 children 



FIG. 16. Diagram illustrating the inheritance of a sex-linked character such as 

 color-blindness in man on the assumption that the factor in question is located in the sex 

 chromosome. The normal sex chromosome is indicated by a black X, the one lacking 

 the factor for color perception, by a light X. It is assumed that a normal female is mated 

 with a color-blind male. (After Guyer. Courtesy Bobbs Merrill Co.) 



they will not be color-blind themselves because one normal 

 x-element is sufficient to determine normal vision, will 

 produce defective x-elements in one-half of their ova, 



