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together, they produce barred and black males and 

 females as 1:1:1:1. 



A similar mechanism is found in moths, where the cyto- 

 logical evidence is more certain. When a female of the 

 darker wild type variety of the currant moth (Abraxas) 

 is mated to a lighter mutant type, the daughters have a 



a 







• » 



X 



Fig. 122. 



c, Eeduced group of chromosomes of the egg of Fumea casta; b 

 and &' outer and inner pole of the first maturation division of the 

 egg; the single X -chromosome is present only at one pole. (After 

 Seiler.) 



